You’d think that silence would be peaceful. But really, it’s painful.
-David Levithan
"Will Grayson, Will Grayson"
Quotations
Silence
The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
The fruit of silence is prayer.
-Mother Teresa
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
-Elbert Hubbard
It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.
-Victor Hugo
In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.
-Robert Lynd
Silence makes the real conversations between friends. Not the saying, but the never needing to say is what counts.
-Margaret Lee Runbeck
Silence moves faster when it's going backward.
-Jean Cocteau
Not everyone talks in words.
-Nema Al Araby
Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better.
-Thomas Carlyle
