Listening Quote by J.M. Coetzee

“When the noise is gone, and the air is still . . . prepare for survival.”

— John-Talmage Mathis

“When sounds of the world around you vanish, what is left but screaming silence.”

— Markus Peterson

“You are out of the world’s chatter, its corridor echoes, its muttering. Walking: it hits you at first like an immense breathing in the…

— Frédéric Gros

“There’s comfort in hearing a voice when the world is silent.”

— Shannon Wiersbitzky

“And in the air around her, the echo of all those stifled hearts, trapped spirits, fluttered and sighed and breathed.”

— Kate Mosse

“listen. the leaves no longer rustle, the wind no longer sighs, our hearts no longer beat. They've fallen silent. Fallen, as if into the…

— Margaret Atwood

“It came with the wind through the silence of the night, a long, deep mutter, then a rising howl, and then the sad moan…

— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

“They stood there, silent and motionless as the sky cried frigid tears.”

— Christopher Motz

“The air stilled, suspended with unspoken words, heavy thoughts, and two people who couldn't look away from one another.”

— Jenny B. Jones

“They sat quietly, shoulder to shoulder, listening to the sound of nothing. Nothing can sound very loud sometimes, louder than noise, even louder than…

— Savita Kalhan

“In sound’s absence, silence echoes.”

— Margaret Weis

“May you know, that spirit speaks through silence and is in the wind. Every breath, blown into you, is still with you.”

— Ulonda Faye