Quotes by Silence As to the mouth, it delights at times in laughter; it is disposed to impart all that the brain conceives; though I daresay it would be silent on much the heart experiences. Mobile and flexible, it was never intended to be compressed in the eternal silence of solitude: it is a mouth which should speak much and smile often, and have human affection for its interlocutor. Charlotte Bronte laughtersilenceheart Silence is of different kinds, and breathes different meanings. Charlotte Bronte differentsilencekind The silence of a man who loves to praise is a censure sufficiently severe. Charlotte Lennox silenceinspirationalmen A lot of my work is process-oriented. I delve into my work and sit alone in silence and work with the material and process it, like talking to yourself. Chath Piersath silenceprocesstalking I chose to defend human rights because I cannot maintain my silence in the face of injustice. Chen Guangcheng silencerightsfaces When I take up my pen to write, I feel the strength of standing up and refusing to be silent. In an oppressive situation, silence is death. Chenjerai Hove silentsilencewriting Step by step, we will break this cycle of silence, poor information and stigma. Chevy Chase informationsilencesteps The eye tells what the tongue would hide. Chief Joseph tonguesilenceeye To choose to write is to reject silence. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie rejectssilencewriting Is love this misguided need to have you beside me most of the time? Is love this safety I feel in our silences? Is it this belonging, this completeness? Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie safetysilenceneeds Everyone breathes in air, but it's a wise person who knows when to use that air to speak and when to exhale in silence. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni silencewiseair ...this time I didn't launch into my usual tirade. Was it a memory of Krishna, the cool silence with which he countered disagreement, that stopped me? I saw something I hadn't realized before: words wasted energy. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni silenceenergymemories As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music. Chogyam Trungpa crescendobuildingsilence If you are involved with the intensity of crescendo situations, with the intensity of tragedy, you might begin to see the humor of these situations as well. As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music. Chogyam Trungpa silencetragedymight If you cannot improve upon the silence, do not speak. Chris Rose silencespeakifs Abuse exists because of secrecy. If I can use this platform and talk about it and break the silence, somebody can get the help and support they need. It's such a common problem, and it doesn't need to be. All you have to do is talk about it and break the silence. Chris Witty help-and-supportabusesilence Abuse of any kind thrives off secrecy. I felt like if I started talking about it, maybe other people would. I wanted to break the silence. Now I feel I'm in a much better place emotionally than I've ever been anytime in my life. Chris Witty silencetalkingpeople I don't listen to music, and I don't particularly watch television, so if anyone wants to come over and just hang out with me sitting at the table in silence, you know, eating a dish of rice... I don't get too many takers. Chrissie Hynde silencetableswant I'm 34 now, I like to say 35 because it makes me look better for my age, and I have to keep a little bit of a profile so that every three years if I do put a record out, I don't have to substantiate where I've been for three years and why the silence and the sort of false mysterioso. Chrissie Hynde silenceageyears Women have suffered too much from the Conspiracy of Silence to allow that conspiracy to last one minute longer. It has been an established and admitted rule in the medical profession to keep a wife in ignorance of the fact that she has become the victim of venereal disease. Christabel Pankhurst wifesilenceignorance«1718192021222324252627»
