Humor Quote by Philip Caveney

“The faster they jumped to break the silence, the more important the situation was.”

— Jamie Grey

“They sat in silence for a full minute, the air between them growing heavy, as if they both wanted to speak, and yet had…

— Dan Brown

“The air was full of all the night noises that, taken together, make one big silence...”

— Rudyard Kipling

“The air between them began to settle into a silence. Awkward, yet softly exciting. Like an unexpected snow day.”

— Suzanne Palmieri

“The silence became unreal and seemed suddenly filled with a noise of its own, the noise of a too long silence.”

— Chaim Potok

“The silence in the room was so unusually quiet that the beginning of it seemed rather loud when the utter stillness of the end…

— Flann O'Brien

“The quiet between them had gone on for far too long now to pretend it was anything other than what it was. There were…

— Jennifer E. Smith

“There were gaps and breaks in our conversation, silences that stretched too long, silences that were short but terrifyingly deep.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Only the wind shatters the silence. I have been here before choking in solitude.”

— Nikki Grimes

“I went upstairs to my room. Momentarily I felt a sense of calm, almost acceptance. Rest beyond the river. I knew now what that…

— Margaret Laurence

“The wind seems to be blowing through the gaps in the conversation like the rushing of empty space.”

— Michael Cisco

“The silence wasn't uncomfortable or hostile but exhausted--the quiet of people who have a great deal to think about but not a hell of…

— Stephen King