"I continued to protect him with my silence."

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"I continued to protect him with my silence."

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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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"Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts."

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"She was in a terrible marriage and she couldn't talk to anyone. He used to hit her, and in the beginning she told him that if it ever happened again, she would leave him. He swore that it wouldn't and she believed him. But it only got worse after that, like when his dinner was cold, or when she mentioned that she'd visited with one of the neighbors who was walking by with his dog. She just chatted with him, but that night, her husband threw her into a mirror."

Nicholas Sparks, American Author

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"Answer only when asked, otherwise do not say anything. Don't say a thing in this world. To tell [give advice] is the biggest disease. Your beard grows without you saying anything, doesn't it?"

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

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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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"I couldn't think of anything that didn't sound trivial, so I just nodded."

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

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"Think and keep quiet among those you don't trust."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

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"Why are we embarassed by silence? What comfort do we find in all the noise?"

Mitch Albom, American Writer

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"Let silence be your guide, and it will reveal all answers."

Osho, Indian Philosopher

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"When you are truly silent, the whole existence speaks to you."

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