“It should go without saying that you are not doing anything wrong by having sex in your own home, and based on the care you've taken to keep things relatively quiet it's unlikely that you're violating any city noise ordinances.” ShouldHomeCareSexCitiesTakenQuietNoiseUnlikelyHaving SexOrdinances Author:Mallory Ortberg
“The visual world has blown up, the world of writing has blown up; there's so much text online. Anyone and everyone can express themselves. It's a lot to think about as an artist. Also, that the persona of the artist might actually be of some importance. When I came of age, it was important to be quiet and hang back and be mysterious. I knew artists who didn't even want to show up at their own openings. They never wanted to have their picture taken, didn't want to autograph a book, didn't want to answer a question. I came of age in a world where it was "Let the work speak for itself."” ThinkingWorldWritingImportantBookAgeArtistSpeakTakenQuietImportanceMysteriousOnlinePersona Author:Laurie Simmons
“I think there can be a misrepresentation of who I am a lot of times because I might be more quiet than other artists. I don't walk in the room going, "Here I am!" I'm going to be the guy standing in the corner taking everything in. I think that can be taken the wrong way, as if I'm not interested in what's going on around, but it's not really the case.” ThinkingArtistGuyTakenQuietNot Interested Author:Kip Moore
“Nearly every morning, a certain woman in our community comes running out of her house with her face white and her overcoat flapping wildly. She cries out, "Emergency, emergency," and one of us runs to her and holds her until her fears are calmed. We know she is making it up; nothing is has really happened to her. But we understand, because there is hardly one of us who has no been moved at some time to do just what she has done, and every time, it has taken all our strength, and even the strength of our friends and families, too, to keep us quiet.” KnowsDoneRunningFacesCertainHouseCommunityWhiteMorningTakenHappenedCryQuietMovedEvery MorningFamily And FriendsEmergenciesOur CommunityFlappingOvercoat Author:Lydia Davis
“And if that weren't bad enough, the next sound he heard was a loud click. The damned woman had locked him out. She'd taken all the food and locked him out. "You'll pay for this!" he yelled at the door. "Do be quiet," came the muffled reply. "I'm eating.” IfsEnoughNextSoundPayTakenDoorsHeardQuietEatingLoudLockedClicks Author:Julia Quinn
“It would be erroneous to say Sohrab was quiet. Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing the off button. Shutting it down. All of it. Sohrab's silence wasn't the self imposed silence of those with convictions, of protesters who seek to speak their cause by not speaking at all. It was the silence of one who has taken cover in a dark place, curled up all the edges and tucked them under.” SelfWould BeSpeakCausesDarkSilenceTakenQuietEdgesConvictionPushingVolumeButtonsTranquilitySilence IsDark PlacesKnobsPeace Tranquility Author:Khaled Hosseini