Silence Quotes
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Who shall silence all the airs and madrigals that whisper softness in chambers?
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Dead silence ensued, which was well enough for Ansell, to whom it merely meant that neither of us had any more to say. But to educated people silence matters; it is a token of stupidity and lack of invention.
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When kindness comes at the expense of truth, it is not a kindness worth having. And when generosity leads to silence or abuse, it is not a generosity worth giving.
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Even silence becomes whether we want it or not a statement that is in fact astoundingly presumptuous
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We're fine together, just like this: Our silence protects us from ourselves
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You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.
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Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
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For whatever reason, some sorts of women's silence were broken by MeToo. This is the optimistic bit. And that will lead to a much more careful attention to women's voices.
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It is not a new tactic for people to use any avenue they can to silence black activists.
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I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.
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There is no shame in confusion or fear. "There was only shame in the silence fear had produced. . . . It was the silence that betrayed us."
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In Maine we have a saying that there's no point in speaking unless you can improve on silence.
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When the man who knows all about the fruit fly chromosomes finds himself sitting next to an authority on Beowulf, there may be an uneasy silence.
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I've held my silence when I probably shouldn't have. But I was in the minority, a woman writing SF, and I was afraid of career backlash. I was afraid of being excluded or losing opportunities if I didn't play nice.
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Music is the framework around the silence.
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I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.
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A small silence came between us, as precise as a picture hanging on the wall.
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The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.
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In the summer, on fine evenings, I love to drive late and alone in the scented forests, and when I have reached a dark part stop, and sit quite still, listening to the nightingales repeating their little tune over and over aga^n after interludes of gurgling, or if there are no nightingales, listening to the marvellous silence, and letting its blessedness descend into my very souL The nightingales in the forests about here all sing the same tune, and in the same key of E flat.
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I have never regretted my silence. As for my speech, I have regretted it over and over again.
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The emptiness was intense, like the stillness in a great factory when the machinery stops running.
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By silence, I hear other men's imperfections and conceal my own.
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Mo: I... y'know, um... I'm really attracted to you! thought bubble: Omigod! Who said that?!Caption: A horrifying silence ensues. Is it an hour, or merely several seconds?Harriet: I've had a crush on you for months.Mo: Thank goddess! I was about to commit hara-kiri with my teaspoon!
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All my life I've learned to suffer in silence.
