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Silence Quotes


"First, silence makes us pilgrims. Secondly, silence guards the fire within. Thirdly, silence teaches us to speak."


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


"Sometimes you can't speak, not because others won't let you, but because you are afraid of what you'll say."



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


"You can't argue with the dead, no matter what you say, they always have the last word."


"People do not belong to others, either. How can the huincas buy and sell people if they do not own them. Sometimes the boy went two or three days without speaking a word, surly, and not eating, and when asked what was the matter, the answer was always the same: 'There are content days and there are sad days. Each person is a master of his silence."


"Mass media has convinced us to think that silence is only supposed to happen as a manifestation of supreme actualization, where both parties are so at peace with their emotional connection that it cannot be expressed through the rudimentary tools of the lexicon; otherwise, silence is proof that the magic is gone and the relationship is over (hence the phrase 'We just don't talk anymore)."


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