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“On this road where nobody else travels autumn nightfall.”

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“It was normal for it to rain, but in October- who could forget the rains of October?- now this disturbingly silent rain was falling. That was so nebulous that it was pretty; that, if it had not been wet, no one would have believed it was raining; that was so slow that it was possible to follow its fall with one's eyes. That which villagers called 'the rains of October' was the accumulation of the serenity of such a life. Eyes almost broke into tears on looking at the sun subdividing itself, at the end of the afternoon, in each drop of that snail's-pace precipitation, as if the great star had dissolved each day an infinitesimal bit more.”

Silence Rain Silent Afternoon October Soft Slow Great Star

Book:The Whistler

Source: The Whistler

“One of the most powerful lessons silence teaches us is to ponder”

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Author:Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

“You can kill a book quicker by your silence than by a bad review.”

“I think silence is one of the failures of people today. When they see an injustice or intolerance, and they stay silent - that's the worst thing.”

Silence Injustice Speaking Out

Author:Anonymous

“Silence by any other name is called shame.”

Silence Shame Nonsense

Author:Shannon L. Alder

“Good taste, the last and vilest of human superstitions, has succeeded in silencing us where all the rest has failed.”

Silence Superstition Political Correctness

Book:Heretics

Source: Heretics

“I know there is a moment when sound slips down the torn lining of itself into silence, is carried unheard and secret in its own pocket. But the crimson birds could find no such escape, no means of slipping beyond themselves between the cracks of color and song to a white undiscovered silence.”

Sound Silence Birds

Book:The Edge of the Alphabet

Source: The Edge of the Alphabet

“Thought for the day: we have far too many of them. And we prize them too highly; more so than we do the power of silence, mindfulness and pure kindness.”

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Author:Rasheed Ogunlaru

“Being skilled in Catsism is like being a ninja only deadlier and not so silent. The only bad thing is the sickening grammar you have to use.”

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Book:Nothing is here...

Source: Nothing is here...

“The proper use of language, for me personally, is one that enables us to approach things (present or absent) with discretion, attention, and caution, with respect for what things (present or absent) communicate without words.”

Language Silence

Book:Six Memos for the Next Millennium

Source: Six Memos for the Next Millennium