Silence Quotes

Silence is safe. ~ The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins He had been for many years, a quiet silent man, associating but little with other men, and used to companionship with his own thoughts. He had never known before the strength of the want in his heart for the frequent recognition of a nod, a look, a word; or the immense amount of relief that had been poured into it by drops through such small means. ~ Hard Times by Charles Dickens Silence, after all, is only a name, never a fact. There are noises in the most absolute quiet. ~ The Night Horseman by Max Brand "I'm afraid to speak or move for fear all this wonderful beauty will vanish just like a broken silence." ~ Anne of the Island by Lucy Maud Montgomery No tear dropped over that pillow; in such straits as these, the heart has no tears to give,—it drops only blood, bleeding itself away in silence. ~ Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe Silence is of different kinds, and breathes different meanings. ~ Villette by Charlotte Bronte One disagreeable result of whispering is that it seems to evoke an atmosphere of silence, haunted by the ghosts of sound-strange cracks and tickings, the rustling of garments that have no substance in them, and the tread of dreadful feet that would leave no mark on the sea-sand or the winter snow. ~ Bleak House by Charles Dickens "Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom." ~ Old Rose and Silver by Myrtle Reed If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence. ~ Middlemarch by George Eliot Dark spruce forest frowned on either side the frozen waterway. The trees had been stripped by a recent wind of their white covering of frost, and they seemed to lean towards each other, black and ominous, in the fading light. A vast silence reigned over the land. ~ White Fang by Jack London