Psychology Quote by Jane Austen

“They sensed that nothing needed to be said. In silence, minds understand each other.”

— Georges Rodenbach

“It would never have crossed her mind spontaneously that somebody might actually need silence. That silence helps you to go inward, that anyone who…

— Muriel Barbery

“When I spoke to her, I had the feeling that her thoughts had been nourished in wide-open spaces where talk was sparse and silence…

— Siri Hustvedt

“No matter what she heard, how could she think it? I love her, damnit. How could she not know?”

— Maya Banks

“She’d fallen into a deep silence once, when the sun appeared, and it was then he’d wondered most what she was thinking.”

— Veronica Rossi

“My silence made her say things she didn't need to say..”

— Hisham Matar

“She could keep her silence, it was evident, as energetically as she could talk.”

— L.M. Montgomery

“He would never know know her. Such intimacy but no communication, because words - even if she could speak or write them - could…

— Mary Balogh

“The girl was kind in a special way; when you spoke to her, she seemed to stop thinking of whatever she been thinking and…

— Ellery Queen

“He wanted all of her. Her thoughts, her words, her silences and her stillness.”

— Suanne Laqueur

“He did not suggest that she sit quietly and get to know herself so she could be all the company she needed.”

— Louise Penny

“She had spoken it; but she trembled when it was done, conscious that her words were listened to, and daring not even to try…

— Jane Austen