Silence Quote by Colum McCann

“I listened to their last, gasping cries. Their vanishing words. I watched their love visions and freed them from their fear. I took them…

— Markus Zusak

“There was only the two of them standing on top of the world, the rest of their lives waiting silently at their feet. They…

— Jenny O'Brien

“Around them there was nothing but silence, as if all the world were holding its breath.”

— Philip Pullman

“They died comfortably in their little bed of understanding, to become useful citizens of the world. I pitied them, and in short order I…

— Henry Miller

“Had they nothing else to say to one another? More serious communications were, to be sure, passing between their eyes. As they tried to…

— Gustave Flaubert

“Beneath their wary smiles, the people were warm and friendly. They had known sorrow and loss, but their spirit survived.”

— Amanda Grange

“The Great Romance is for you. If only one of you would have followed me, the heavens would not have been able to contain…

— Ted Dekker

“It was like they all had their backs to me, even the ones facing me. Their disconnect was what elegant meant. Like something vital…

— Ali Smith

“... We had suddenly learned to see. And we saw that there was nothing of their world left. We were all at once terribly…

— Erich Maria Remarque

“They were beautiful beyond words, beautiful beyond understanding. So beautiful, I wanted to tear out my heart and hand it over, because after seeing…

— Sarah Zettel

“You didn’t ask me for the moon. I would have wrapped the world around your shoulders. Harrowed hell or pillaged heaven. But you assumed…

— Liam Guilar

“Sounds of sympathy from the crowd. Unrequited love they can relate to.”

— Suzanne Collins