Time Quote by Maya Angelou

“People expected certain things of me: assistance, silence, comfort. They had no idea who I was.”

— Alice Hoffman

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

— Georges Rodenbach

“They died comfortably in their little bed of understanding, to become useful citizens of the world. I pitied them, and in short order I…

— Henry Miller

“You or I might think that at least one would show courage and put up a fight. But neither you nor I have suffered…

— Robert Fanney

“I DON'T BELIEVE IN KEEPING MY ENEMIES SILENT, I BELIEVE IN KEEPING MY ENEMIES SPEECHLESS.”

— P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“Then there were so many things to be said that they did not speak of any of them.”

— Milton Steinberg

“As the rifles were pointed at his chest he wondered if what he had taken for the richness of silence was really the poverty…

— Nicole Krauss

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

— Lauren Gilley

“They didn’t talk much, but their silence was companionable.”

— Stephanie Perkins

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

— Maggie Stiefvater

“Then it was silent. Heavy now, not the sleepy silence of before. The kind of silence that meant horrifying things.”

— Natalie J. Damschroder

“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides.”

— Elie Wiesel