Action Quote by J.L. Coulbeck

“It was strange how loud the world was when you weren't filling it up with your own noise.”

— Bridget Asher

“I'd never heard any noise quite so welcome as the click that a shotgun made when it wasn't killing me.”

— Mike Mullin

“So many people, he thought, don't listen to the content of what you say but only to the noises you make.”

— Tracy Kidder

“Why?” he screamed, letting the noise bellow out loud and ferocious. “Why can I not have some measure of peace?” he questioned.”

— Charlotte Featherstone

“He was making music - Howells, Finzi, Holst - so you could see the sounds in the serried air. Serried. Then just as suddenly…

— Craig Raine

“For now, the tension was subtle, a vibration, like the inaudible cry of overstressed steel.”

— Erik Larson

“But it was iron after all, and when you ask iron a question it doesn't answer.”

— Wiesław Myśliwski

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

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“It was then that i understood what i had to do. i had to find a way to warn you. They have built a…

— Carolee Dean

“You don't seriously suggest that thet're talking when they make that rattling noise.”

— John Wyndham

“Isn't it strange how silence, in a way, has a sound of its own?”

— Greg Gifune

“Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary? Does it improve upon the silence?”

— Mona Simpson