Ends Quote by Cormac McCarthy

When one is silent, those around speak even more.

— Melina Marchetta

There were many things they simply didn't talk about: between them, silence was not so much a form of evasion as a way for…

— Nicole Krauss

The silence before the words were spoken, is it different from the silence that came after?

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“It would be strange to live in a country where people were silent, passing one another in the street wordlessly, as if frightened of…

— Alexander McCall Smith

Silence is a form of communication, too. Sometimes less is more.

— Pat Summitt

“They didn’t talk much, but their silence was companionable.”

— Stephanie Perkins

“They did not look at each other. They did not say a word to each other... They knew that talk is meaningless when a…

— Jack Schaefer

“They sat in silence for a full minute, the air between them growing heavy, as if they both wanted to speak, and yet had…

— Dan Brown

“These days it seemed like the words between them were there only to outline the silences.”

— Jodi Picoult

They walked along, two continents of experience and feeling unable to communicate.

— William Golding

“I saw their mouths going up and down without a sound, as if they were sitting on the deck of a departing ship, stranding…

— Sylvia Plath

“The pair stood in long silence. Another thing Eilidh missed. Humans rushed everywhere, filled every moment with noise. They lacked the discipline of quiet.”

— India Drummond