quietness

Link	Quote	Tags	Author
9f4fab9	But what was there to say	grief sadness happiness love inspirational emptiness forbidden quietness laws	Arundhati Roy
940b868	Too many people seem to believe that silence was a void that needed to be filled, even if nothing important was said.	quietness	Nicholas Sparks
cbc4408	But what was there to say? Only that there were tears. Only that Quietness and Emptiness fitted together like stacked spoons. Only that there was a snuffling in the hollows at the base of a lovely throat. Only that a hard honey-colored shoulder had a semicircle of teethmarks on it. Only that they held each other close, long after it was over. Only that what they shared that night was not happiness, but hideous grief. Only that once again they broke the Love Laws. That lay down who should be loved. And how. And how much.	grief sadness happiness love inspirational forbidden quietness laws	Arundhati Roy
64aebf5	I want someone to sit beside after the day's pursuit and all its anguish, after its listening, and its waitings, and its suspicions. After quarrelling and reconciliation I need privacy - to be alone with you, to set this hubbub in order. For I am as neat as a cat in my habits.	solitude friendship privacy companionship quietness peace	Virginia Woolf
f1e2d61	A Manifesto for Introverts 1. There's a word for 'people who are in their heads too much': thinkers. 2. Solitude is a catalyst for innovation. 3. The next generation of quiet kids can and must be raised to know their own strengths. 4. Sometimes it helps to be a pretend extrovert. There will always be time to be quiet later. 5. But in the long run, staying true to your temperament is key to finding work you love and work that matters. 6. One genuine new relationship is worth a fistful of business cards. 7. It's OK to cross the street to avoid making small talk. 8. 'Quiet leadership' is not an oxymoron. 9. Love is essential; gregariousness is optional. 10. 'In a gentle way, you can shake the world.' -Mahatma Gandhi	personality quietness personality-types introversion introverts introverts-susan-cain-quote quiet	Susan Cain
088d2f4	There comes a time for everybody when words and reasons can become such a great weariness.	serenity quietness	Christopher Pike
358cf73	[There's a] point where you have to leave the dough alone. It's silly to anthropomorphize bread, but I love the fact that it needs to sit quietly, to retreat from touch and noise and drama, in order to evolve. I have to admit, I often feel that way myself.	evolution humor truth jodi-picoult reflection quietness peace food	Jodi Picoult
3667543	I went up on the hill and walked about until twilight had deepened into an autumn night with a benediction of starry quietude over it. I was alone but not lonely. I was a queen in halls of fancy.	solitude pretty-prose romanticism quietness introversion quiet	L.M. Montgomery
f13e3ec	They sell courage of a sort in the taverns. And another sort, though not for sale, a man can find in the confessional. Try the alehouses and the churches, Hugh. In either a man can be quiet and think.	solitude drinking courage taverns withdrawal beer confession reflection quietness thought	Ellis Peters
dd549dd	It was curious how quiet that last evening was; as if I had already left, and we were just two ghosts talking to each other.	quietness separation	John Fowles
802a93b	... ona slyshala <...> glubokuiu, propitannuiu zapakhom rastoptannykh tsvetov tishinu (<>, G.G. Markes)	тишина цветы quietness	Gabriel García Márquez

But what was there to say

grief sadness happiness love inspirational emptiness forbidden quietness laws

Arundhati Roy

940b868

Too many people seem to believe that silence was a void that needed to be filled, even if nothing important was said.

quietness

Nicholas Sparks

cbc4408

But what was there to say? Only that there were tears. Only that Quietness and Emptiness fitted together like stacked spoons. Only that there was a snuffling in the hollows at the base of a lovely throat. Only that a hard honey-colored shoulder had a semicircle of teethmarks on it. Only that they held each other close, long after it was over. Only that what they shared that night was not happiness, but hideous grief. Only that once again they broke the Love Laws. That lay down who should be loved. And how. And how much.

grief sadness happiness love inspirational forbidden quietness laws

Arundhati Roy

64aebf5

I want someone to sit beside after the day's pursuit and all its anguish, after its listening, and its waitings, and its suspicions. After quarrelling and reconciliation I need privacy - to be alone with you, to set this hubbub in order. For I am as neat as a cat in my habits.

solitude friendship privacy companionship quietness peace

Virginia Woolf

f1e2d61

A Manifesto for Introverts 1. There's a word for 'people who are in their heads too much': thinkers. 2. Solitude is a catalyst for innovation. 3. The next generation of quiet kids can and must be raised to know their own strengths. 4. Sometimes it helps to be a pretend extrovert. There will always be time to be quiet later. 5. But in the long run, staying true to your temperament is key to finding work you love and work that matters. 6. One genuine new relationship is worth a fistful of business cards. 7. It's OK to cross the street to avoid making small talk. 8. 'Quiet leadership' is not an oxymoron. 9. Love is essential; gregariousness is optional. 10. 'In a gentle way, you can shake the world.' -Mahatma Gandhi

personality quietness personality-types introversion introverts introverts-susan-cain-quote quiet

Susan Cain

088d2f4

There comes a time for everybody when words and reasons can become such a great weariness.

serenity quietness

Christopher Pike

358cf73

[There's a] point where you have to leave the dough alone. It's silly to anthropomorphize bread, but I love the fact that it needs to sit quietly, to retreat from touch and noise and drama, in order to evolve. I have to admit, I often feel that way myself.

evolution humor truth jodi-picoult reflection quietness peace food

Jodi Picoult

3667543

I went up on the hill and walked about until twilight had deepened into an autumn night with a benediction of starry quietude over it. I was alone but not lonely. I was a queen in halls of fancy.

solitude pretty-prose romanticism quietness introversion quiet

L.M. Montgomery

f13e3ec

They sell courage of a sort in the taverns. And another sort, though not for sale, a man can find in the confessional. Try the alehouses and the churches, Hugh. In either a man can be quiet and think.

solitude drinking courage taverns withdrawal beer confession reflection quietness thought

Ellis Peters

dd549dd

It was curious how quiet that last evening was; as if I had already left, and we were just two ghosts talking to each other.

quietness separation

John Fowles

802a93b

... ona slyshala <...> glubokuiu, propitannuiu zapakhom rastoptannykh tsvetov tishinu (<>, G.G. Markes)

тишина цветы quietness

Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez