“I start thinking about life after death. I've got to quit thinking about it because it's very deep. Very deep. Sometimes you start thinking about it, and you don't feel like you want to be alive, so I don't like to get all quiet.” ThinkingWantFeelsSometimesAliveLike YouQuietQuittingAfter DeathVery DeepLife After DeathThinking About Life Author:David Ortiz
“If you are obsessively active, please at least pause to ask yourself why and to listen for the answer from the still, quiet voice alive and well within you. I don't have an answer for the hurry sickness afflicting our society and our souls. But I do trust that the how-to-stop-it is within you, and you can change your pace if you want to.” IfsWantWellsStillsSoulAsksVoiceAnswersAlivePleaseQuietActiveSicknessOur SocietyPaceWithin YouPausesQuiet Voice Author:Sue Thoele
“When the whole world is writing letters, it's easy to lap into the quiet within, tell the story of an hour, keep alive the narrating inner life. To be alone in the presence of one's thought is not a value, only a common practice.” ThinkingWorldWritingWholeStoriesValuesEasyHoursCommonPracticeAliveSolitudeQuietLettersWhole WorldThoughtfulLapInner Life Author:Vivian Gornick
“Slavish obedience to the clerics, who know how to squeeze every last drop of advantage out of religion, is killing our girls. We must speak-blaspheme, if necessary; be accused of being apostates, if that is what is required. Muslims are taught that Islam put an end to the Arabian practice of burying alive newborn baby girls because they were considered worthless and a burden, but as long as we stay quiet in the face of the abomination of child marriage, we are effectively burying our girls alive today.” IfsKnowsChildrenLongEndsTodayLastsFacesGirlSpeakPracticeKnow HowAliveTaughtBabyQuietAdvantageIslamKillingBurdenObedienceWorthlessAccusedLive For TodayNewbornBaby GirlAbominationBuryingArabianNewborn Baby Author:Mona Eltahawy
“Do you know the legend about cicadas? They say they are the souls of poets who cannot keep quiet because, when they were alive, they never wrote the poems they wanted to.” KnowsSoulWantedAlivePoetQuietDo You KnowLegendsCicadas Book:G. John Berger Source: G. John Berger
“There's war - there's always been war, as long as most of us have been alive. There have always been people being abused, there's always been horrible things in the world. Why are we outraged? We should just be quiet and figure it out, and work it out together.” PeopleWorldShouldLongHas BeensWarTogetherAliveFiguresQuietHorribleWorking ItOutragedHorrible Things Author:Dave Matthews
“I feel alive in quiet moments with my son, riding our bikes or watching him line his trains up in a particular order, witnessing how his mind works, hearing him learn a new word. I'm alive in these special moments because I never knew a love like this.” FeelsMindMomentsOrderLinesAliveSpecialParticularSonQuietTrainHearingMy SonRidingBikeI'm AliveNew WordsQuiet MomentsSpecial Moments Author:Alicia Keys
“We're living in momentous times, Garion. The events of a thousand years and more have all focused on these very days. The world, I'm told, is like that. Centuries pass when nothing happens, and then in a few short years events of such tremendous importance take place that the world is never the same again." I think that if I had my choice, I'd prefer one of those quiet centuries," Garion said glumly. Oh, no," Silk said, his lips drawing back in a ferretlike grin. "Now's the time to be alive - to see it all happen, to be a part of it. That makes the blood race, and each breath is an adventure.” IfsThinkingWorldYearsSaidHappensChoicesRaceAliveBloodCenturyEventsAdventureThousandQuietImportanceBreathsLipsFocusedDrawingThousand YearsSilk Author:David Eddings
“And they were quiet but their blood and nerves and butterflies were not—they were rampantly alive, rushing and thrumming in a wild and perfect melody, matched note for note.” PerfectAliveBloodQuietNotesMelodyNervesButterflyRushingMatched Book:Daughter of Smoke and Bone: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy Source: Daughter of Smoke and Bone: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy