“The limitless, lowering sky, the long stretches of motionless empty prairie, the silence, complete right down to the absence of birdsong -- who knows what decides a man to leave most of his words unspoken?” SilenceRepressed EmotionsQuiet MenTaciturn MenUndemonstrative Men Book:Let Him Go Source: Let Him Go
“You might see that I am a writer for a reason. In speech and from my mouth we taste the words unseasoned. It's teasing the truth which to my mind reeks of treason.” PoetryHonorWriterIntrovertTruthfulnessAwkwardnessRhymingSalt Of The EarthDeep ThinkingQuiet Men Author:Criss Jami
“Would either Mary or Judie pick up on the quality she'd loved in Barry, too--in any man who possessed it: the steady eyes, the follw-up questions, the interest in seeing her eat? She couldn't quite explain it, except to tell her girlfriends that 'the quiet ones drive me mad.” Quiet Men Book:The Singer Sisters Source: The Singer Sisters