“A tranquil summer sunset shone upon him as he approached the end of his walk, and passed through the meadows by the river side. He had that sense of peace, and of being lightened of a weight of care, which country quiet awakens in the breasts of dwellers in towns.” EndsCountryCareSidesNatureWalksQuietSummerRiversWeightTownsSunsetBreastsMeadowsTranquilDwellers Book:LITTLE DORRIT Source: LITTLE DORRIT
“Sometimes you wish you could keep quiet. It's the kind of thing you heard the prophet Jeremiah complain of where he says, "You know God, I didn't want to be a prophet and you made me speak words of condemnation against a people I love deeply. Your word is like a fire burning in my breast."” PeopleKnowsWantKindMadeSometimesSpeakWishFireHeardQuietComplainingBurningProphetBreastsKnowing GodWish YouDeep LoveCondemnationJeremiahFire Burning Author:Desmond Tutu
“O Death, rock me asleep, bring me to quiet rest, let pass my weary guiltless ghost out of my careful breast.” RocksQuietCarefulGhostBreastsWeary Author:Anne Boleyn
“When the spent sun throws up its rays on cloud And goes down burning into the gulf below, No voice in nature is heard to cry aloud At what has happened. Birds, at least must know It is the change to darkness in the sky. Murmuring something quiet in her breast, One bird begins to close a faded eye; Or overtaken too far from his nest, Hurrying low above the grove, some waif Swoops just in time to his remembered tree. At most he thinks or twitters softly, 'Safe! Now let the night be dark for all of me. Let the night be too dark for me to see Into the future. Let what will be, be.” ThinkingKnowsEyeNightVoiceDarkDarknessSunHappenedHeardTreeSkyCryQuietSafeLowsBirdCloudsBurningRememberedBreastsRaysNestsFadedGroveHurryingMurmuring Book:Complete Poems of Robert Frost: 1949 Source: Complete Poems of Robert Frost: 1949
“There are some people who cannot help giving. Why? Because they experience a real psychological pleasure in doing so. They don't do it with an eye to their own advantage, they do it on the quiet; they detest doing it openly because that would take away some of the satisfaction. They do it in secret, with quick trembling hands, their breasts rocked by a spiritual well being which they do not themselves understand.” PeopleGivingWellsRealHelpingHandsEyeSpiritualPleasureSecretQuietAdvantageSatisfactionPsychologicalWell BeingBreastsTremblingDetestTrembling Hands Author:Knut Hamsun