Quote by David Levithan

“Who can say what astonishments are hidden inside the most mundane being?”

— Kate DiCamillo

“You cannot be a powerful and life-changing presence to some people without being a joke or an embarrassment to others.”

— Mark Manson

“There's a frightful muteness that dwells at the center of all unspeakable things, and I had found my way into it.”

— Sue Monk Kidd

“People weakened their hands by feeling they had to fill uncomfortable silences.”

— Brad Thor

“What astonishes us most is to observe that everyone is not astonished at his own weakness.”

— Blaise Pascal

“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides.”

— Elie Wiesel

“We sit huddled together for a few minutes, just being there with one another, and it feels dangerous to me that nobody is saying…

— Han Nolan

“never be so quite that others become unknown about your presence......”

— MY SELF

“Leave a silence alone, no matter how awkward it felt. Invariably the other person filled it, often with something unexpected.”

— Kate White

“It's a sorry little fact that we are often as mysterious to ourselves as we are to others.”

— Siri Hustvedt

“Afterward, there was that long, crowded pause in which everyone decides that although they are very shaken, and possibly upside down, they are, to…

— Terry Pratchett

“People expected certain things of me: assistance, silence, comfort. They had no idea who I was.”

— Alice Hoffman