You’d think that silence would be peaceful. But really, it’s painful.
-David Levithan
"Will Grayson, Will Grayson"
Quotations
Silence
Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.
-Muhammad Ali
Great souls suffer in silence.
-Friedrich Schiller
Mostly, we talk to impress. And sometimes we shut up to impress, too.
-Nema Al Araby
Music is pleasing not only because of the sound but because of the silence that is in it: without the alternation of sound and silence there would be no rhythm.
-Thomas Merton
"No Man Is an Island"
Never say anything that doesn't improve on silence.
-Richard Yates
"A Good School"
Sometimes silence can be the loudest thing.
-Ellie Mathews
When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie.
-Yevgeny Yevtushenko
I've never realized that I would learn, understand, and realize a lot of things from being silent
-Anonymous
You need to keep reminding yourself of the obvious: charm lies in the unsaid, the unwritten, and the undisplayed. It takes mastery to control silence.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
