Silence Quote by Mark Twain

“It was not a silence, just a quiet, the indrawn breath that comes before the shout.”

— George R.R. Martin

“Around them there was nothing but silence, as if all the world were holding its breath.”

— Philip Pullman

“It was a stillness so profound one had to adjust one’s hearing to it. .... The silence seemed to be trying to tell him…

— Haruki Murakami

“Silence fueled anxieties, gave them their true power. Expressing them aloud was a way of releasing that tension, of letting go, if only for…

— James Rollins

“Whispers crept through the silence, disturbing the peace of an unoccupied mind.”

— Caroline Noe

“The scene had the innocence of all unsettling things that take place in silence.”

— Yuri Herrera

“These days it seemed like the words between them were there only to outline the silences.”

— Jodi Picoult

“My silence was not a lack of passion, but an inability to even draw a breath.”

— Lauren Gallagher

“Sometimes, I just wanted my silences to stay silent, full of thoughts, empty of words.”

— Maggie Stiefvater

“The deeper the silence, the higher the inspiration.”

— Harry Katzjaeger

“One moment of unwelcomed silence is more disheartening than a lifetime of incessant screams. And the silence deafens me.”

— Scott Hildreth

“The silence that hung between them was thick: it felt like it had its own pulse, its own insidious intentions.”

— Lauren Gilley