Grief Quote by Hannah Harrington

“There is a silence in empty houses that is unique... People have left and taken all the noise with them.”

— Henning Mankell

“An empty house has its own special silence. It is like a great held breath.”

— Anne Rivers Siddons

“Everything was quiet now. It was even too freaky quiet. The house seemed big without anyone else inside. It felt lonely; like a ghost…

— Erica Sehyun Song

“The silence in the house was painful, but I had begun to realize that half of it belonged to me.”

— Ruth Emmie Lang

“I've always thought it would be nice to have the house to myself for a while. This place gets so loud all theme and…

— Keary Taylor

“You are never out of my mind. I feel the cold more than I used to and this house is big,”

— Edna O'Brien

“A silent house felt deeply unnatural, like a silent heart.”

— Amy Cross

“It was as though the house had been left empty but a minute before and yet that minute was fraught with eternity so that…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“I think you can always tell when a house has been loved. But it’s been asleep for so long. And lonely. It always hurts…

— L.M. Montgomery

“The weird thing about houses is that they almost always look like nothing is happening inside of them, even though they contain most of…

— John Green

“... one may live in a big house and yet have no comfort.”

— Agatha Christie

“When they were silent for a moment the quiet weight of the house pressed down from all around them.”

— Shirley Jackson