Books Quote by Gideon Defoe

“We're quiet then, quiet enough that I can hear the books around me creaking in their shelves, rustling their pages, stretching their spines, as…

— Katie Williams

“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

“The room smelled of books, that subtle smell which to some is stuffy and to others intoxicating, and it was silent.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“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

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

— Jodi Picoult

“I turned to discover the faint smile of the bookseller's niece. Her voice was pure crystal, transparent and so fragile I feared that her…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“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

“There was a long silence while they sat there staring at each other, a moment that was rudely interrupted by the sound of Max…

— Philip Caveney

“She waited for him to say something more. The silence held ciphers of truths that lingered between them, written in a script that neither…

— Elise Kova

“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

“Their hands touched for an instant, but neither spoke. Silences were becoming more frequent and more delicious.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“...I had decided to tidy up a bit. Actually it hadn't really been a choice. The situation had got out of hand, particularly because…

— Gianrico Carofiglio