“I really didn't realize the librarians were, you know, such a dangerous group. They are subversive. You think they're just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. They're like plotting the revolution, man. I wouldn't mess with them. You know, they've had their budgets cut. They're paid nothing. Books are falling apart. The libraries are just like the ass end of everything, right?” ThinkingKnowsMenBookEndsFallRealizingCuttingGroupsDangerousRevolutionQuietSittingPaidLibraryAssMessBudgetsDesksFalling ApartLibrarianSubversiveBudget Cuts Author:Michael Moore
“I'm actually kinda quiet off stage, a lotta people don't realize that. I was at a dinner party recently, a bunch of people that I don't know, one guy talking plenty for everybody. "Me myself right and then I and then myself and mee, me, I couldn't tell this one about I cause I was talking about myself and Me- Meee- Mee- Me- Me!" Beware the Me monster.” PeopleKnowsGuyCausesRealizingPartyTalkingStageQuietDinnerMonstersBunchPlentyDinner Party Author:Brian Regan
“I'm addicted to those moments when you're on stage and the audience is so quiet you could hear a pin drop and you realize that you're in communion. That's an incredible experience. That's a cosmic experience, as far as I'm concerned, without getting way out there.” WayMomentsRealizingAudienceStageQuietConcernedIncrediblesCosmicCommunionPins Author:Audra McDonald
“You're in orbit over the Earth. And suddenly it's very, very quiet. It's dramatic. You realize you're floating in the straps in your chair. And you take off your seat belt and float over to the window and look out, and you realize, "I'm not looking at a picture, here." I couldn't process it all. Even if I forget everything else in my life, that will stay with me, burned into my brain until the day I die.” EarthRealizingForgetBrainQuietWindowDramaticStay With Me Author:Marc Garneau
“You have come to a stage where you almost have to work on yourself. You know, on finding some tranquility with which to respond to these things, because I realize that the biggest risk that many of us run is beginning to get inured to the horrors.” KnowsRunningRealizingRiskStageHorrorQuietFindingsTranquility Author:Arundhati Roy
“But I'll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you'll come to understand that you're connected with everything.” IfsRealizingInspiringHuman NatureQuietConnectedForestsHermits Author:Alan Watts
“Most things will be okay eventually, but not everything will be. Sometimes you'll put up a good fight and lose. Sometimes you'll hold on really hard and realize there is no choice but to let go. Acceptance is a small, quiet room.” LifeSometimesHardChoicesFightingRealizingLosesRoomsAcceptanceQuietLetting GoOkayGood FightQuiet Room Book:Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There Source: Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There
“Age is a peculiar kind of thief. It slips up on you and steps inside your skin and is so quiet and methodical in its work that you never realize it has stolen your youth until you look into the mirror one morning and see a man you don't recognize.” MenLooksKindAgeRealizingStepsMorningYouthQuietSkinsMirrorsPeculiarSlipsThievesStolenMethodical Book:Creole Belle: A Dave Robicheaux Novel Source: Creole Belle: A Dave Robicheaux Novel