Quotes by Silence Silences, as every observer knows, have strange characteristics all their own - passionate silences, and hateful silences, and silences full of friendly, purring content. Alice Duer Miller passionate silence friendly Silence is so steadfast, you know. It is so ample, after all. Alice Fulton steadfast silence-is silence When I talked to my medical friends about the strange silence on this subject in American medical magazines and textbooks, I gained the impression that here was a subject tainted with Socialism or with feminine sentimentality for the poor. Alice Hamilton magazines textbooks silence Perhaps it is possible to discover more in silence than in speech. Or perhaps it is only that those who are silent among us learn to listen. Alice Hoffman silent speech silence The voice that arises out of the silence is something no one can imagine until it is heard. It roars when it speaks, it lies to you and convinces you, it steals from you and leaves you without a single word of comfort. Alice Hoffman voice silence lying The unhappiest moment I could never tell you. All our fights blend into each other and are in fact re-enactments of the same fight, in which we punish each other--I with words, Hugh with silence--for being each other. We never needed any more than that. Alice Munro fighting silence facts no person is your friend (or kin) who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow and be perceived as fully blossomed as you were intended. Or who belittles in any fashion the gifts you labor so to bring into the world. Alice Walker fashion silence friendship Art destroys silence. Alicia Ostriker silence art New York lesson 1 - never look lost. Lesson 2 - forget hallowed silences. It's the right of all Americans to talk at the tops of their voices. Alison Fell voice silence new-york Too many doubts grow in the cracks of silence and separation. Alison Goodman cracks silence doubt We can lie in the language of dress or try ot tell the truth; but unless we are naked and bald, it is impossible to be silent. Alison Lurie women silence lying Sometimes actors don't remember their lines. At its worst, this means they 'dry' and silence descends. More commonly, the original lines are paraphrased in some alarming way. It's hard to say which is more painful for the author. Less serious, but quite irritating is to hear the word 'Well' inserted at the beginning of speeches. Alistair Beaton serious silence mean Among friends one has the privilege of saying nothing; the civility consists in the assumption that one's silence will be civilly understood. I can imagine a small gathering of friends who say nothing all evening: they recoil from saying anything that the others don't want to hear; and their silence would be the subtlest courtesy. Allen Tate silence gathering friendship There's a power that comes with silence. I had grown to fear the unsaid thing. So it felt like a release to say it-to admit that the risk wasn't just inside our walls-it was inside my skin. I was willing to claw, scratch, and bleed until I'd found it. Ally Carter wall risk silence Silence and simplicity obtrude on no one, but are yet two unequaled attractions in woman. Alphonse de Lamartine simplicity silence two Silence,--the applause of real and durable impressions. Alphonse de Lamartine applause silence real To be silent when we are impelled to utter words injurious to God or to our neighbour, is an act of virtue; but, to be silent in confessing our sins, is the ruin of the soul. Alphonsus Liguori ruins silence soul At home, I love reaching out into that absolute silence, when you can hear the owl or the wind. Amanda Harlech silence home wind NOISE, n. A stench in the ear. Undomesticated music. The chief product and authenticating sign of civilization. Ambrose Bierce music silence civilization Death is a dignitary who when he comes announced is received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him. In the code of military etiquette silence and fixity are forms of deference Ambrose Bierce form silence military «1234567891011»