Quote by Han Nolan

“Sometimes there is nothing to hold me together.”

— Nora Raleigh Baskin

“There's nothing as quiet as that moment before one person is about to tell another something neither of them wants to hear.”

— Brock Clarke

“When you are able to be with a person and there is no need to talk, something has happened.”

— Penelope Lively

“There is nothing worse than an awkward silence between two people who’ve never experienced it before.”

— Suzanne Palmieri

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

— Kate White

“And it seems to me that everyone is like me—they're all afraid of the slightest movement . . . Everyone's sitting all closed up…

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

“We sit, silent, the comfortable way only good friends can sit.”

— Alex Flinn

“I wasn't sure if it was safe for me to be sharing time and space with other people, who all seemed so much gentler…

— Catherine Lacey

“I always wondered if relationships could really be like that, where if a moment lined up just right, you could stand in a crowded…

— Kelly Rimmer

“Only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking. This is the great paradox.”

— Nicholas Sparks

“There is a silence. But sometimes it's as dangerous not to speak. "Yes, we are very happy," I murmur. I have to say something.…

— Margaret Atwood

“Although I do not need to be surrounded by others in order to feel alive, I do need some conversation and distraction.”

— Iain Pears