“Relationships are built in the silences. You spend time with people, you observe them and interact with them, and you come to know them—and that is what apartheid stole from us: time.”— Trevor Noah, amazon.com
“One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.”— Eric Clapton, esquire.com
“I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.”— Abraham Lincoln, rogerjnorton.com
“Silence about trauma also leads to death—the death of the soul. Silence reinforces the godforsaken isolation of trauma. Being able to say aloud to another human being, “I was raped” or “I was battered by my husband” or “My parents called it discipline, but it was abuse” or “I’m not making it since I…”— Bessel Van Der Kolk, amazon.com
“That's when you know you've found somebody really special. When you can just shut the fuck up for a minute and comfortably share silence.”— Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avery, Mia Wallace, Uma Thurman, amazon.com
“Silence is an art, a tool of the wise. When we perfect the art of silence, chances are that we will get a lot more done.”— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com
“It feels good to be silent in the midst of gossip and at peace in the middle of a heated political debate. It's empowering to forgive myself quickly and move forward with ease. It feels great to be a presence of love in the world.”— Gabby Bernstein, amazon.com
“Reduce intellectual and emotional noise until you arrive at the silence of yourself, and listen to it.”— Richard Brautigan, amazon.com
“Flee humanity. Get yourself to the nearest woods, desert, pond, river, lake, or field where there are very few people. If you live in a city and transportation out of the city is impossible, find an abandoned stairwell. Just sit there. Take in the glory of silence, of emptiness, the way there is no…”— Melissa Broder, vice.com
“Silence is an art, a tool of the wise. When we perfect the art of silence, chances are that we will get a lot more done.”— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com
“I find myself walking softly on the right undergrowth beneath the trees, not wanting to crack a twig, to crush or disturb anything in the least--for there is such a sense of stillness and peace that the wrong sort of movement, even one's very presence, might be fest as an intrusion, and, so to speak…”— Oliver Sacks, amazon.com
“Why can’t you hear a pterodactyl in the bathroom? Because its pee is silent.”— BattlestarHavoc, reddit.com
“I sometimes wear headphones even though I’m not listening to anything just so I’m left alone. It’s the next best thing to wearing a ‘Do Not Disturb’ sign.”— Karl Pilkington, amazon.com
“If you’re wondering why the actresses coming out against Weinstein are mostly those you haven’t seen since the 90s, he’s the reason you haven’t seen them since the 90s.”— brainstatic, brainstatic.tumblr.com
“We haven’t been silent because we forgot or made our stories up. We’ve been silent because we’ve been silenced.”— Amber Tamblyn, nytimes.com