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Silence Quotes by Albert Camus
- The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we…
- As soon as one does not kill oneself, one must keep silent about life.
- We [Raymond and Meursault] stared at each other without blinking, and everything came to a stop there between the sea, the sand, and the sun,…
- After another moment's silence she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why she loved me but that one day I might disgust…
- I knew that I had shattered the harmony of the day, the exceptional silence of a beach where I'd been happy. Then I fired four…
- It is in the thick of calamity that one gets hardened to the truth - in other words, to silence.
- In the past, the poverty they shared had a certain sweetness about it. When the end of the day came and they would eat their…
- After a short silence the doctor raised himself a little in his chair and asked if Tarrou had an idea of the path to follow…
- Man stands face to face with the irrational. He feels within him his longing for happiness and for reason. The absurd is born of this…
- I spent a long time looking at faces, drinking in smiles. Am I happy or unhappy? It’s not a very important question. I live with…
More Silence Quotes
- I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness. — Karen Armstrong
- A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence… — Margaret Atwood
- Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom. — Francis Bacon
- Silence is the virtue of fools. — Francis Bacon
- An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind. — Walter Bagehot
- When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. — Ansel Adams
- Death unites as well as separates; it silences all paltry feeling. — Honore de Balzac
- First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body,… — Saint Basil
- Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness. — Samuel Beckett
- Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the silence. — Samuel Beckett
- My voice went recently, never happened before, off like a tap. I had to sit in silence for nine days, chalkboard around… — Adele
- Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing. — Robert Benchley