#quiet

I'm kind of shy and quiet. But I'm only shy in my personal life. If I'm working, somehow I'm not and it goes away. ↗

— Riley Keough

#goes #i #kind #life #only

In my circle of friends, I've always been loud and funny and talkative. But as soon as I step out of that circle, I get very quiet and introspective. I don't want the spotlight on me. ↗

— Rosie Perez

#been #circle #friends #funny #get

I mean, I don't really go out at night in terms of noisy, busy places; I prefer more of a quiet corner somewhere. ↗

— Karl Pilkington

#corner #go #i #mean #more

But the thing which had made him fall for her, fall properly, was the way she seemed so calm and so quiet and so sad. Surrounded by noisy bankers showing off, and their variously pushy or beady or anxious or competitive wives, she seemed to be from somewhere else; a place where people carried their own burdens; a grander and realer and more honourable place. Roger didn't know that Matya spent a lot of that evening thinking about home, but he could tell that she was thinking about something, and it was that other thing which, for him, did it. ↗

— John Lanchester

#crushes #desire #fancy #home #love

I'm real excited. I'm so blessed to have so much peace and joy inside. I just can't keep quiet about it. ↗

— Brian Welch

#blessed #excited #i #inside #joy

When I am constantly running there is no time for being. When there is no time for being there is no time for listening. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#being #listen #peace #quiet #self-care

The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness. ↗

— Elisabeth Elliot

#quiet #solitude #business

True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. ↗

— Erich Segal

#banners #bells #checked #comes #ears

No. Have it here where it is quiet." "You and your quiet", said Brett. "What is it men feel about quiet?" "We like it," said the count. Like you like your noise, my dear. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#noise #quiet #men

To be great at something, you must look to the great ones of the past and improve on the ideas and techniques that they started. I was motivated to do better—to improve on the ideas of others. ↗

— Scott Douglas

#library #library-books #quiet-please #motivational