When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie.
-Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Quotations
Silence
Slowly we became silent, and silence itself if an enemy to friendship.
-Norman Maclean
"A River Runs Through It and Other Stories"
Lying is done with words, and also with silence.
-Adrienne Rich
"Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying"
Silence is a true friend who never betrays.
-Confucius
Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music.
-Marcel Marceau
Sometimes silence can be the loudest thing.
-Ellie Mathews
In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.
-Henry David Thoreau
To be an artist, you need to exist in a world of silence.
-Louise Bourgeois
Silence is argument carried out by other means.
-Ernesto "Che" Guevara
There are certain kinds of silence that make you walk on air.
-Cecelia Ahern
