Silence Quote by Patrick Rothfuss

“A silence absorbed them both – a lack of sound so potent it blackened the place with something richer than hate.”

— Carla H Krueger

“Why was it that silence sometimes felt like a physical thing with a weight of its own?”

— Mary Balogh

“Not a spoon clinked against a mug, not a creamer was popped, peeled and opened, not a breath. It was as though something else…

— Louise Penny

“Sullen silence was taken for rapt attention, and gave him greater room to talk; sharp answers were received as smart sallies of girlish vivacity,…

— Anne Brontë

“The group sat in silence, absorbing the information. The whole room felt cramped. It was as though there were something else in the cellar…

— Bella Forrest

“Silence was not built to be filled by noise, for when we do we forfeit what we would have heard had it been left…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“He seemed not to know the uses of silence.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“A riverless silence made the air heavy.”

— Steven Ramirez

“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

“I could barely breathe as I fled down the steps, like something was stuck in my throat. I couldn't tell what flavor it was;…

— Laura Bickle

“And the too much of my speaking: heaped up round the little crystal dressed in the style of your silence.”

— Paul Celan

“There was another silence while they stared at one another, nose to nose, but this silence was a whole quantum level of animosity higher…

— Terry Pratchett