To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one. ~ Colette

Silence is more musical than any song. ~ Christina Rossetti

Sometimes the silence can be like thunder. ~ Bob Dylan

I decided it is better to scream. . . . Silence is the real crime against humanity. ~ Nadezhda Mandelstam

If we had keen vision and feeling for all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of the roar which lies on the other side of silence. ~ George Eliot

In my quiet, I was working something out. ~ Keanu Reeves

Only speak when your words are better than your silence. ~ Arab Proverb

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power. ~ Charles De Gaulle

People who make no noise are dangerous. ~ Jean de La Fontaine

A white flower grows in the quiet/Let your tongue become that flower. ~ Jalaluddin Rumi

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts. ~ Margaret Lee Runbeck

No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently. ~ Agnes De Mille

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