Family Quote by Nicole Krauss

Silence made space for other people's words, which was important for those who needed to be listened to.

— Rachel Simon

“They did not look at each other. They did not say a word to each other... They knew that talk is meaningless when a…

— Jack Schaefer

The silence was part of the story I wanted to tell.

— Joyce Maynard

Writers speak for those who are kept in silence

— Isabel Allende

Maybe I was naïve to think that silence was implicit complacence, instead of a festering question. Maybe I was silly to believe that friends…

— Jodi Picoult

Too many people seem to believe that silence was a void that needed to be filled, even if nothing important was said.

— Nicholas Sparks

They spoke less and less between them until at last they were silent altogether as is often the way with travelers approaching the end…

— Cormac McCarthy

“Silence consumed my whole life; it suppressed things I could never express. My silence was responsible for my family’s happiness. Silence was my prison.”

— Natasha Preston

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

— Jodi Picoult

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

The silence wasn't like the ones I'd known lately, though: it wasn't empty as much as chosen. There's a entirely different feel to quiet…

— Sarah Dessen

“Silence is what allows people to suffer without recourse, what allows hypocrisies and lies to grow and flourish, crimes to go unpunished. If our…

— Rebecca Solnit