Amber Quote by Philip Pullman

“Profound silence; silence so deep that even their breathings were conspicuous in the hush.”

— Mark Twain

“In the outside world, he told me, there was no real silence.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

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

— George R.R. Martin

“When sounds of the world around you vanish, what is left but screaming silence.”

— Markus Peterson

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

— Jodi Picoult

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

— Stephanie Perkins

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

— Georges Rodenbach

“The world is too quiet without you nearby.”

— Lemony Snickett

“In the beginning, there was silence.”

— L. Penelope

“Everything was so quiet, as if the silence was listening.”

— Anna Kavan

“What was there to say? It was a matter of silences, not words.”

— Don DeLillo

“People all over town had listened for my grandfather's cries, but there were none. Only silence.”

— Alice Hoffman