Long Quote by Franz Wright

Silence is as deep as eternity; speech, shallow as time.

— Thomas Carlyle

A loving silence often has more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words.

— Rachel Naomi Remen

When silence is prolonged over a certain period of time, it takes on new meaning.

— Yukio Mishima

Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.

— Thomas Carlyle

“Silence allows people to put thoughts into words. Some people might need several minutes to put thoughts into words. Silence may indicate the person…

— Richard E. Dodge

In love, we worry more about the meaning of silences than the meaning of words.

— Mason Cooley

Words are the part of silence that can be spoken.

— Jeanette Winterson

A lot of silence takes so much specificity and detail. To not fill the space with words takes restraint and an extraordinary amount of…

— Greta Lee

Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart.

— Phyllis McGinley

I feel like there are too many words in the world, and I think silence is so much more powerful than the glut of…

— Peter Orner

Silence is the speech of love, The music of the spheres above.

— Richard Henry Stoddard

To me so deep a silence portends some dread event; a clamorous sorrow wastes itself in sound.

— Sophocles