Deaf Quote by Madeleine L'Engle

Silence was not the absence of sound but was itself a sound that could be loud or soft, soothing or disturbing, complex or simple.

— Julius Lester

Silence is not an absence of sound but rather a shifting of attention toward sounds that speak to the soul.

— Thomas Moore

You see, the deaf have an intimacy with silence. It’s there in their dreams.

— Shane Koyczan

Silences can be as different as sounds.

— Elizabeth Bowen

Silence is not the absence of sound. It's a physical place, a destination with value and meaning in a chaotic world, somewhere arrived at…

— Kenneth Turan

There is nothing that overwhelms the senses quite like an unwelcome silence.

— Jack McDevitt

He could not feel her near him in the darkness nor hear her voice touch his ear. He waited for some minutes listening. He…

— James Joyce

No sound in this world can be more Louder than SILENCE. If someone understands your Silence, that person never misunderstand your WORDS.

— Anonymous

And when the echoes had ceased, like a sense of pain was the silence.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Quiet is the absence of sound. Silence is the presence of silence.

— Robert Fripp

No sound In this world can be louder than silence... if anyone can understand your silence.. they can never misunderstand ur words

— Agidis234

...it was necessary to love silence, but before you could love silence you had to have noise.

— Colum McCann