Read quote“The liberation started when the manual scavengers themselves broke their own silence.”
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About Silence
Quiet, absence of speech, restraint, listening, and what remains unspoken.
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Words on Silence
Read quote“It would be great to have a year or two where I went, ‘I’ve got nothing to say.’”
Read quote“Your silence will not protect you.”
Read quote“I will not sing again in public.”
Read quote“Taking solitude for his teacher, he busied himself with the study of silence.”
Read quote“El silencio es en la poesía, como en la naturaleza, un medio de expresión.”
Read quote“When it comes to songwriting, for me there needs to be prolonged periods of silence.”
Read quote“Today, I have lost my voice.”
Read quote“There are very few things I can say about my work that are better than saying nothing.”
Read quote“Silence does not exist.”
Read quote“Those whose words are many have little grace.”
Read quote“This is my favorite time of the day—so beautiful and so quiet.”
Read quote“La poesía es respiración y silencio.”
Read quote“When one’s words are no better than silence, one should stay silent.”
Read quote“I felt like myself only in the quiet hours of the night.”
Read quote“Me comunico mejor con el silencio, sin el que no se podrían dar la poesía, la música, ni el encuentro con uno mismo.”
Read quote“Dan haram atas tiap-tiap seseorang membaca dengan nyaring di luar sembahyang atau di dalam sembahyang jika sangat memberi taswis ia akan orang yang sembahyang.”
Read quote“It is because I love my daughter that I choose to say nothing more on this matter.”
Read quote“Todo poema, toda poesía son pequeñas islas en el océano infinito del silencio.”
Read quote“春潮帶雨晚來急，野渡無人舟自橫。”