Silence Quote by Edith Wharton

“It was a stillness so profound one had to adjust one’s hearing to it. … The silence seemed to be trying to tell him…

— Haruki Murakami

“The effort of explaining, even of expressing himself, had become, with the years, more and more terrifying to him. Whether from laziness or from…

— François Mauriac

“He was able to sit in silence for long stretches without feeling a need to make small talk.”

— Charles R. Cross

“But the longing within him had grown even greater, the overpowering need to be alone. Locked in an empty room, entirely unwitnessed, silent and…

— Philip K. Dick

“The silence wasn't uncomfortable or hostile but exhausted--the quiet of people who have a great deal to think about but not a hell of…

— Stephen King

“And what people see the most is his silence, because some kinds of silence is actually visible.”

— Nora Raleigh Baskin

“One moment of unwelcomed silence is more disheartening than a lifetime of incessant screams. And the silence deafens me.”

— Scott Hildreth

“Discomfort Many of us are uncomfortable with silence, so we compensate by filling that silence with words.”

— Bill McGowan

“Happy in his silence yet eager for his words.”

— Daphne du Maurier

“I admit, he has far too much on his mind at the moment. Suppressed panic turns him into a prick every time; it's what…

— Lois McMaster Bujold

“He craved silences and solitude. He simply could not get lost in another person’s life.”

— Sreesha Divakaran

“The silence in the room was so unusually quiet that the beginning of it seemed rather loud when the utter stillness of the end…

— Flann O'Brien