Aunt Quote by Rita Mae Brown

The sudden silence is horrifying, and it seems to catch my mother off guard. A tiny whimper escapes her, the sound amplified in the…

— Anonymous

There's nothing in the world more silent than the telephone the morning after everybody pans your play. It won't ring from room service; your…

— David Mamet

She had wailed loudly enough to wake the dead and make them call the cops.

— Ilona Andrews

“Sorry, Mary Anne, I can’t hear you!” I shouted into the phone receiver. Mary Anne Spier cleared her throat and began, “I said, hi,…

— Ann M. Martin

“Aunt Fran lowered her voice. "Her cold is just the start of a greater sickness. These 'stories,' as you call them, will only lead…

— Ami McKay

“Silence was my sister's weapon. When people hurt or angered her, she never got loud like Mom or mean and smart-ass like me. Silence…

— Sam J. Miller

“into our house? (Don’t expect me to know. I was fast asleep.) When I’d finally staggered downstairs on Sunday morning, I’d found three messages…

— Ann M. Martin

“the phone, as if she believed she had to raise her voice”

— Adam Mitzner

“Good old traditional audio-only phone conversations allowed you to presume that the person on the other end was paying complete attention to you while…

— David Foster Wallace

“The silence between us was happy and strange, connected by the cord and the icy voices thinly echoing. “You don’t have to talk,” she…

— Donna Tartt

“Dorothy's coming up. I think she's tight." "That's great." I picked up my bathrobe. "I was afraid I was going to have to get…

— Dashiell Hammett

“Woke up screaming with no sound. The room filling with a bluish water called dawn. Went to kiss grandma on the forehead just in…

— Ocean Vuong