“Although one is not inclined to be timid or nervous, it is nevertheless a trifle depressing to receive letters full of expostulation and entreaty: 'If you are determined to commit suicide, why not come home and do so in a quiet lady-like manner?'” IfsHomeQuietLettersSuicideDeterminedCommitNervousWhy NotComing HomeDepressingNeverthelessTrifles Author:Annie Smith Peck
“A woman ... all beautiful and accomplished will, while her hand and heart are undisposed of, turn the heads and set the circle in which she moves on fire. Let her marry, and what is the consequence? The madness ceases and all is quiet again. Why? Not because there is any diminution in the charms of the lady, but because there is an end of hope.” HeartEndsHandsBeautifulMovingTurnsMarriageFireQuietConsequenceMadnessCirclesCeaseCharmAccomplishedWhy Not Book:Letters and Addresses, Source: Letters and Addresses,
“Here's the thing: You rescue us every day in small, quiet ways, so why not in this way? Let us into your mystery, tell us how you would like to be loved, show us how to see you, really see you.” WayShowsMysteryQuietWhy NotRescue Author:Chris Abani
“In real life people fart, in the movies, people don't. Why not? Farts are a repressed minority. The mouth gets to say all kinds of things, but the other place is supposed to keep quiet. But maybe our lower colons have something interesting to say. Maybe we should listen to them. Farts are human, more human than a lot of people I know. I think we should bring them out of the water closet and into the parlor.” PeopleThinkingKnowsShouldHumansKindRealWaterInterestingQuietMouthsReal LifeAll KindsMinoritiesWhy NotClosetsFartRepressedSomething InterestingParlor Author:Mel Brooks
“Everybody's talking trash these days, so why not keep quiet?” TalkingQuietBasketballThese DaysWhy NotTrash Author:Dennis Rodman
“"I was just offered a contract on your life, for enough money to make it worth my while." It was my turn to be quiet. "Did you take it?" "Would I be calling you if I had?" "Maybe," I said. He laughed. "True, but I'm not going to take it." "Why not?" "Friendship." "Try again," I said. "I figure I'll get to kill more people guarding you. If I take the contract, I only get to kill you." "Comforting."” PeopleIfsTryingSaidEnoughTurnsFiguresCallingQuietWhy NotContractsLaughedComfortingTry AgainGuarding Author:Laurell K. Hamilton