"The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence."

Silence, Words

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"The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence."

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"I was thinking lots of things, but most of them needed to stay thoughts, not words."

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"No thought, no mind, no choice - just being silent, rooted in yourself."

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"Shut lips, sleeping faces,Every stopped machine,The dumb and littered placesWhere crowds have been:.All silences rejoice,Weep (loudly or low),Speak-but with the voiceOf whom, I do not know."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

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"Silence is of different kinds, and breathes different meanings."

Charlotte Bronte, British Novelist

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"You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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"The silence wasn't uncomfortable or hostile but exhausted--the quiet of people who have a great deal to think about but not a hell of a lot to say."

Stephen King, American Author

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"The world would have been a better place if some men had just shut their mouths."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

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"She extended a hand that I didn't know how to take, so I broke its fingers with my silence."

Jonathan Safran Foer, American Novelist

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"The silence is so deep it hurts our ears."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

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"In this world, there is no such sternness like that of maintaining silence. Verbal sternness will be wasted."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

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