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Silence Quotes by Joanne Kathleen Rowling
- Yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often. Best to say nothing at all, my dear man.
- Harry was left to ponder in silence the depths to which girls would sink to get revenge.
- It's going to be all right, sir," Harry said over and over again, more worried by Dumbledore's silence than he had been by his weakened…
- The silence was unbearable to him. If the pictures could have reflected the feelings inside him, they would have been screaming in pain.
- There was a brief silence in which the distant echo of Hagrid smashing down a wooden front door seemed to reverberate through the intervening years.
- He lay face down, listening to the silence. He was perfectly alone. Nobody was watching. Nobody else was there. He was not perfectly sure that…
- Silence fell between the four of them as they looked up at the sky. There was no sign of movement, the stars stared back, unblinking,…
- Dumbledore raised his finger for silence, a silence which fell as though he had struck Uncle Vernon dumb.
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