Quotes by Silence Grief remains one of the few things that has the power to silence us. Anna Quindlen funeral silence grief Grief remains one of the few things that has the power to silence us. It is a whisper in the world and a clamor within. More than sex, more than faith, even more than its usher death, grief is unspoken, publicly ignored except for those moments at the funeral that are over too quickly, or the conversations among the cognoscenti, those of us who recognize in one another a kindred chasm deep in the center of who we are. Anna Quindlen silence grief sex I possess the faculty of enjoying the company of those I - of my friends as well in silence as in conversation. Anne Bronte faculty silence conversation I am interested in silences Anne Enright silence Sleep makes the silence and the terrible fear go by more quickly, helps pass the time, since it's impossible to kill. Anne Frank silence sleep helping We're all afraid of the same stuff. Mostly we're afraid that we're secretly not okay, that we're disgusting, or frauds, or about to be diagnosed with cancer. ... We want to teach you how to quiet the yammer ... how you can create comfort, inside and outside, how you can get warm, how you can feed yourself. And even learn to get through silence. ... There is a wilderness inside you, and a banquet. Both. [p. 253] Anne Lamott cancer silence comfort I love silence. I seek and create it at every opportunity. I need it to work. Anne Lamott silence opportunity needs Some stones are so heavy only silence helps you carry them! Anne Michaels silence stones helping A note of music gains significance from the silence on either side. Anne Morrow Lindbergh music silence teacher When one is a stranger to oneself, then one is estranged from others, too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others. Only when one is connected to one's own core, is one connected to others. And for me, the core, the inner spring, can best be re-found through silence. Anne Morrow Lindbergh being-alone silence spring I was in the black silence of a medieval street, and blindly I followed its sharp turns, comforted by the height of its narrow tenements, which seemed at any moment capable of falling together, closing this alleyway under indifferent stars like a seam. Anne Rice silence stars fall Keep your secrets Keep your silence It is a better gift than truth Anne Rice silence secret Do you like me?” No answer. Silence bounced, fell off his tongue and sat between us and clogged my throat. It slaughtered my trust. It tore cigarettes out of my mouth. We exchanged blind words, and I did not cry, I did not beg, but blackness filled my ears, blackness lunged in my heart, and something that had been good, a sort of kindly oxygen, turned into a gas oven. Anne Sexton oxygen silence heart Mind led body Anne Stevenson silence mind desire Is it not true, then, that my life with all its limitation touches at many points the life of the World Beautiful? Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be, therein to be content. Anne Sullivan Macy silence darkness beautiful No durable things are built on violent passion. Nature grows her plants in silence and in darkness, and only when they have become strong do they put their heads above the ground. Annie Besant passion silence strong You empty yourself and wait, listening. After a time you hear it: There is nothing there...You feel the world's word as a tension, a hum, a single chorused note everywhere the same. This is it: This hum is the silence. Annie Dillard silence waiting listening Nature's silence is its one remark, and every flake of world is a chip off that old mute and immutable block. Annie Dillard block silence world Silence is not our heritage but our destiny; we live where we want to live. Annie Dillard heritage destiny silence Their silence comfortable. Something unfolding. But what? Not love, which wrenched and wounded. Not love, which came only once. Annie Proulx unfolding wounded silence «4567891011121314»
