S Quotes
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“Silence often expresses 'more powerfully than speech the verdict and judgment of society.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“Silence on deprivation of your rights is self-oppression.”
“Silence on wrong-doings is the cruelty and great tragedy of people. It leads towards the way of self-destruction.”
“Silence, once interrupted, cannot return to its original state.”
Source: Espen's Butterflies: A Gothic Psychological Novel
“Silence ought also to be the core of each concert. Remember the anagram: listen = silent.”
“Silence, Patience & Dedication are the sign of a new masterpiece.”
“Silence prevailed everywhere, like the gloomy dumbness after the riots in the city.”
Source: Some Mistakes Have No Pardon
“Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say.”
Source: The Sayings of Doctor Johnson
“Silence protects my Peace”
Source: BUHAY PINOY SA AMERIKA
“Silence remains, inescapably, a form of speech.”
Source: A Susan Sontag reader
“Silence reveals everything.”
Source: The Elemental Coven
“Silence reveals you to yourself.”
“Silence rolled at me, in waves.
They are all dead, and you are free.
And you are blameless.”
Source: Jack of Spades
“Silence rose and crossed to the connecting door and knocked.
The door was opened almost at once.
Michael leaned a shoulder against the doorjamb, a wicked smile playing about his sensuous lips. He was so very big this close—every time it surprised her and made her breathless. “Well, now, and when did ye decide to start knockin’ at me door?”
Silence fought to keep her face from flaming as she remembered the last time she’d peeked through Michael’s door.
She swallowed. “We’re bored.”
“Is that so?” Michael glanced down.
Silence followed his gaze and saw that Mary had crawled over to investigate. The baby grabbed a handful of her skirt and stood up. She kept one hand on Silence’s skirt and popped two fingers from the other into her mouth as she stared solemnly at Michael.
“She looks a rare treat,” Michael said softly, watching the toddler.
Silence smiled down at Mary. “She does indeed.”
She glanced up and her heart squeezed at the gentle look on Michael’s face.
As if she understood she was the subject of conversation, Mary lifted her arms—to Michael. “Up!”
Michael arched an eyebrow. “Mouthy little thing, ain’t she?”
But he bent and lifted the toddler.”
Source: Scandalous Desires
“Silence!' said Snape coldly. 'What have you done with the car?'
Ron gulped. This wasn't the first time Snape had given Harry the impression of being able to read minds. But a moment later, he understood, as Snape unrolled today's issue of the Evening Prophet.
'You were seen', he hissed, showing them the headline: FLYING FORD ANGLIA MYSTIFIES MUGGLES.”
Source: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
“Silence sat in the taxi, as though a stranger had got in.”
Source: The House In Paris
“Silence says a lot, if someone is willing to listen.”
Source: अंतर्मन: "दिल की खामोशी को शब्दों में पिरोता - अंतर्मन"
“Silence says everything”
Source: The Path to a Meaningful Life
“Silence, sea and dolphins. The inner effort to excite us is infinite; just as the man who receives heavenly advice and goes on, unstoppable.”
“Silence serves the passionated self ~”
“Silence settled in around her, welcome and smothering.
Silence, to sooth the trembling that had chased her across this city.
He'd followed.
She'd known it in her bones, her blood. He'd kept high in the skies, but he'd followed until she'd entered the building.
She knew he was now waiting on a nearby rooftop to see her light kindle.
Twin instincts warred within her: to leave the faelight untouched and make him wait in the freezing dark, or to ignite that bowl and just get rid of his presence. Get rid of everything he was.
She opted for the latter.”
Source: A Court of Frost and Starlight
“Silence settled upon us once more, the sounds of the crashing waves serving as a backdrop to our unspoken thoughts. It was as if time had slowed, allowing us to exist in this shared moment of vulnerability and understanding.”
Source: Serenade of Solitude
“Silence should never be spoken in truth.”
“Silence . . . Silence is what, Samokhina?”
“Golden,” Sasha squeezed out.
“Golden. From this point on, Samokhina, you are to be silent. This exercise is intended to speed up certain processes, which are beginning to emerge, but are way too slow at this moment. You are not to speak a single word, neither here, nor outside. Nowhere at all. I forbid you.”
Source: Vita Nostra
“Silence speaks in vibes, not sentences. So stop repeating yourself to those who continue to dis your warning signals.”
“Silence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say that you're crazy.”
“Silence sweeter is than speech.”
“Silence taunts, a forbidden kiss.”
“Silence teaches you to understand the signs on bad days; patience is necessary in the course of life, because hope goes before our lives.”
“Silence tells the seeker in us to love, to love himself. It tells us it is wrong to hate ourselves because of our imperfections. When the seeker loves himself, loves the Divine within himself, he eventually realises the Ultimate Truth.”
“Silence terrifies people. I’m always noticing the little ways society protects us from the menace of silence, like with Muzak in elevators. Humans: we built the Pyramids and made all the world’s information instantly accessible, but apparently if we stand together quietly, we’ll short-circuit and melt.”
Source: The Three Lives of Cate Kay
“Silence that sleeps in the heart of the dead, Was once bled to death in the chains of hope, In the utopian fields of loneliness. And now I am victim of my own conscience, Insulate me from my flaws and my kind…”
Source: Narcissistic Romanticism
“Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.”
“Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.”
“Silence the lambs
The quiet of the night brings the peaceful of the moonlight of the sky. As through the forest you hear the lambs' cries as they have wandered too far into the darkness. It is cold as to the flock be nowhere in sight. The lamb has to be found some way, somehow. Silence the lamb of the fear as to stop weeping. It will attract the attention of the wolves in the distance. It is to the owl of wisdom to seek out the ravens' omen to see the future of the lamb's way back home or the path of certain death. The owl makes the swift decision. As the magic fills the air to the breeze of the wind that is to carry the guidance of the lamb to the herd it came from. The omen of the raven is to silence the lambs fear as to be safe as well as warm amongst the flock of sheep it was separated from. Silence the lambs to the peaceful sleep til the morning. Under the owl as well the raven's protection of the morning sun. Silence be the lambs for a new day has started. The lambs be silent now for they are both fed as well as protected amongst the herd. Quiet as they sleep amongst the lambs' counting sheep as the night races time to daybreak. Now the lamb has survived another day, another night. Tapping of the ravens without the screeching of the owl. The lamb be special as the birds know this isn’t a sacrificial lamb. For it has made its way home. By the moon as well as the stars. With the guidance of the owl's wisdom and the ravens the omen. As well as the magical divinity of the power of magic. For now, the lambs be silent through darkness of the night to save souls from the devil himself.”
Source: The trilogy of poems
“Silence the mind so cosmic vision may awaken.”
Source: Random Molecular Mirroring
“Silence: the motor drive of nothingness underneath all rhythm - threatened to last forever, a spell of sleep cast over the entire kingdom of listeners.”
Source: The Time of Our Singing
“Silence the noise. Stand at the mountaintop, and at the top of your voice, call unto the Lord your God.”
Source: Coming to Grips with the Mountains and Valleys of This World
“Silence then, and the scent of apple trees, and the nightmare sense of grief that comes when a man wakes again to feel a loss he has forgotten in sleep.”
“Silence then, "Are you smashed?"
"Completely and totally."
"What are you wearing?"
"Who cares?"
"I do."
"Why?"
"'Cause you're smashed, you been with your girls, you somehow got riled up about somethin' and once I settle you down about whatever's aggravating you, I'm gonna rile you up a different way.”
Source: Motorcycle Man
“Silence
THERE is a silence where hath been no sound,
There is a silence where no sound may be,
In the cold grave—under the deep, deep sea,
Or in wide desert where no life is found,
Which hath been mute, and still must sleep profound;
No voice is hush'd—no life treads silently,
But clouds and cloudy shadows wander free,
That never spoke, over the idle ground:
But in green ruins, in the desolate walls
Of antique palaces, where Man hath been,
Though the dun fox or wild hyæna calls,
And owls, that flit continually between,
Shriek to the echo, and the low winds moan—
There the true Silence is, self-conscious and alone.”
“Silence To Be Heard
Thinking of words you dare not say
burning questions that seem left behind
this candle has been burning long enough
scattered thoughts that weigh on your mind.
They think it’s over, so long ago
it’s your silence that let it pass
why did you listen to cold dark heart;
how long did they think this would last?
Your heart gets filled with a gentle touch
Jesus Christ stands strong at your door
freedom rushes inside your chest
as you speak the words to be heard.”
“Silence too can be indiscreet.”
Source: A Perilous Advantage: The Best of Natalie Clifford Barney
“Silence took hold as it always did when they reached the side streets, moving through the shadows like the night incarnate. Thorn’s mother used to tell her that she’d been born with dark eyes and dark hair because the universe wanted to protect her. She could blend in with the forest during the day and fold into the darkness like a child of the moon.”
Source: These Violent Nights
“Silence travels at a higher speed than sound.”
“Silence was a breeding ground for doubt.”
Source: Harp and the Lyre: Extraction
“Silence was a noise with teeth; it gnawed on my skin and left deep marks. Silence was a noise with arms and legs; it crawled across the rafters and spread its spawns of spells. Silence was a noise with a face, a face of dust and doom.”
Source: The Last Rose of Shanghai
“Silence was akin to prayer for me for a long time. I simply moved through life with silence in my spirit, waiting on God. I couldn't pray, but the part of me that had once prayed was waiting. Simply waiting.”
Source: Out of Sorts: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith
“Silence was his escape, but silence is rarely a refuge.”
Source: The Five People You Meet In Heaven
“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 was how she fought back. It wasn't passive, or an act of helplessness: it was a cold cruel withering blade, lasting far longer than my mother's rage or my own antagonism, strong enough to make us practically beg for forgiveness every time.
Except now her weapon had gone haywire, turned on herself, driven her from her home and her support system and into what-knew-what kind of danger.”
Source: The Art of Starving