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“I'd had much practice turning my mind away from certain memories of my childhood. I could quickly dial her remembered voice from a whisper to a silence.”

Book:Odd Thomas

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Odd Thomas

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Dean Koontz

Renowned American author known for his suspense and horror novels. He has been writing since the 1970s and his works have been widely popular, winning numerous international awards. more

“It had been so silent in the wake of that commotion, a kind of potent silence that seemed to contain everything. The songs of the birds and the creak of the trees. The dying snow and the unseen gurgling water. The glimmering sun. The certain sky. The gun that didn't have a bullet in its chamber. And the mother. Always the mother. The one who would never come to me.”

Loss Silence

Book:Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

Source: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

“He prayed as he breathed, forming no words and making no specific requests, only holding his heart, like broken birds in cupped hands,”

Prayer Grief Silence Monastery

Author:Ellis Peters

“Crash studied her. Sometimes he seemed to understand her silence better than her words.”

Silence Words Crash Sora

Book:Ferran's Map

Source: Ferran's Map

“But as the years passed, Ned's silence grew and grew. It pressed upon his face and his body. It leaked into the house and spread outward into the yard. His silence had weight. It had substance and presence and teeth.”