Lying is done with words, and also with silence.
-Adrienne Rich
"Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying"
Quotations
Silence
When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie.
-Yevgeny Yevtushenko
What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence.
-Ludwig Wittdenstein
"Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus"
Too many people seem to believe that silence was a void that needed to be filled, even if nothing important was said.
-Nicholas Sparks
"Nights in Rodanthe"
Silence is a giver; it gives some things to you! Noise is a taker; it takes some things from you! Seek for the silence!
-Mehmet Murat Ildan
Smiling with all the existence is Silence.
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Silence moves faster when it's going backward.
-Jean Cocteau
It is easy to see the glow but hard to recognize the awakening of silence.
-Dejan Stojanović
"The Sun Watches the Sun"
There are certain kinds of silence that make you walk on air.
-Cecelia Ahern
Silence is argument carried out by other means.
-Ernesto "Che" Guevara
