#silence

A book is still atemporal. It is you, in silence, hearing voices in your head, unfolding at a time that has nothing to do with the timescale of reading. And for the hours that we retreat into this moratorium, with the last form of private and silent human activity that isn't considered pathological, we are outside of time. ↗

— Richard Powers

#book #considered #form #head #hearing

For that reason you can't write with music playing, and anyone who says he can is either writing badly, or not listening to the music, or lying. You need to hear what you're writing, and for that you need silence. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#badly #either #hear #listening #lying

We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#forever #forgotten #lasts #lists #need

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few. ↗

— Pythagoras

#deal #few #great #great deal #hazard

Silence is better than unmeaning words. ↗

— Pythagoras

#silence #than #words

Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom. ↗

— Myrtle Reed

#give #reputation #reserve #silence #will

As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence me in this. ↗

— Paul Robeson

#artist #citizen #come #i #me

With the exception of the New York Times, Fox news, and Lou Dobbs of CNN, and talk radio, the rest of the mainstream media has basically been silenced like a bunch of dumb monkeys. ↗

— Curt Weldon

#been #bunch #cnn #dumb #exception

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#falsehood #may #only #outraged #silence

She was extending a hand I didn’t know how to take, so I broke its fingers with my silence. ↗

— Jonathan Safran Foer

#silence #communication