Quiet Quotes

You might be an introvert if you were ready to go home before you left the house.

~ Criss Jami

It finally was entirely silent and I inhaled and breathed its magical peace...

~ Oksana Rus

[Hobbits] love peace and quiet and a good tilled earth.

~ J.r.r. Tolkien

If only I could rest for a time in quiet pain and awaken new and willing. He is looking forward and I am inward.

~ Camilla Gibb

The 2ams have held my hopes all these years as I calm my nerves down for there would only be three more hours for the world to wake up to my screams and wails of excruciating pain.Probably the drug store would open if I wait for three more hours then.8am and the doc would prescribe me a few medicines over whatsapp.I would make three cups of tea by then. I would quiet my mouth as it would bite on my arm.By twelve I would finally be relieved as the meds would work.But it's only midnight now... wish you another goodnight's sleep....

~ Sanhita Baruah

What had been quiet and restful was now silent and empty.

~ Frederick Barthelme

And stay, my dearstay...forever, as my quiet song,in my lilac dawn.

~ Sanober Khan

She shakily rushed towards the car to find Alecto casually standing beside it, smoking a cigarette and staring fixedly on the radio as it played the song 'Draggin’ the Line' by Tommy James, his expression thoughtful. “What are you thinking about?” Mandy questioned.“Wouldn’t the world be a very loud place to live if we said everything we thought?” Alecto asked quietly.

~ Rebecca Mcnutt

Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and nights.

~ Kahlil Gibran

Quiet birds rob the universe of beautiful symphonies.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Silent our body is a sacred temple, A place to connect with other people. Can't we just stay any younger? Really, we might keep it stronger, Elated, rather than so tilted or feeble!!

~ Ana Claudia Antunes

have a mind so quiet, that you can hear doves whispering as they rest their wings in the rafters your silent sanctuary

~ Kate Mullane Robertson

Be open in everything with your partner, because where there is secrecy, it can mistakenly come off as being sneaky; where you just may be innocently quiet.

~ Anthony Liccione

Does giving your piece of mind, bring a peace of mind? Or is it better to be silent and let the war inside subside?

~ Anthony Liccione

The silences weren’t awkward. For me at least. Because I was there in the moment with him.

~ Dominic Riccitello

summer, after all, is a time when wonderful things can happen to quiet people. for those few months, you’re not required to be who everyone thinks you are, and that cut-grass smell in the air and the chance to dive into the deep end of a pool give you a courage you don’t have the rest of the year. you can be grateful and easy, with no eyes on you, and no past. summer just opens the door and lets you out.

~ Deb Caletti

Now, Emily didn't make a sound. There was something more defining about the soundless reality that condemned the paradigm of passion.

~ Allie Burke

Quiet moments bring you closer to God. It's your silent time within your own private sanctuary. People have so many things to talk about, worry about, think about, without giving themselves peace within. Quiet moments give you access to areas of your brain which allows you to function proficiently.

~ Amaka Imani Nkosazana

If God wanted the woods to be quiet, He would not have given birds songs to sing.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A slip of the foot is better than a slip of the tongue.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is the nature of physics to hear the loudest of mouths over the most comprehensive ones.

~ Criss Jami

There is something quite wonderful about sharing a secret.

~ Joyce Rachelle

Inner stillness is the key to outer strength.

~ Jared Brock

We hunger for quiet times, we find in them a womb to renew our strength.

~ Virginia Ann Froehle

In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.

~ Rollo May

Others inspire us, information feeds us, practice improves our performance, but we need quiet time to figure things out, to emerge with new discoveries, to unearth original answers.

~ Ester Buchholz

Don't assume you are more creative or better than anyone, because some people with better stuffs are just pretending to be dumb for a while.

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

The house was so quiet, as if everyone had been spirited out of sight. I had a feeling of moving through time itself. I saw myself as a small, scurrying animal rushing into my future. But I was not afraid.

~ Ann Rinaldi

Those who are arrogant and controlling are determined to cling to spoken words but peaceful hearts are unafraid to go deeper beneath the surface.

~ Kate Mcgahan

They didn't need the words, if they were willing to be silent long enough to learn to speak without them.

~ Maggie Stiefvater

Never underestimate wisdom in silence, proof isn't always a mouthful of words.

~ Anthony Liccione

I am not sad anymore. I am not weak or tender or quiet like you remember because the second you said those words and closed that door, I sold my soul to the part of myself I had buried in order to love you, to let you touch every inch of my rotten body, for I wanted to be touchable and not so strange. Not so sad and tender, like I’ve always been, they say, so I changed. And then your glances and words throwing knives with no return about my change of habits and ways of living, being, and I nodded and smiled, dying silently a little bit inside.

~ Charlotte Eriksson

Men would live exceedingly quiet if these two words, mine and thine, were taken away.

~ Anaxagoras

Remember to say what you mean, but don't say it meanly.

~ Elizabeth George

Sometimes, it's important to turn off the noise from the outside world. Sometimes, it's critical to stop the banter even within oneself. Intentional solitude and quiet can make us strong for tomorrow.

~ David Paul Kirkpatrick

Eric Erikson writes that in their search for identity, adolescents need a place of stillness, a place to gather themselves.

~ Sherry Turkle

Silence might be a shout for the truth. It might be the speech that someday, in its truest, most uncontaminated, unadulterated state, all will be revealed.

~ Criss Jami

It's a sweet thing to sit quietly in the early-morning darkness and talk to God for a while. It's amazing what you gain from the conversation.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

She knew that when she got old it would be more fun to look back on a life of romance and adventure than a life of quiet habits. But looking back was easy. It was the doing that was painful. There were plenty of things she would like to look back on but wasn't willing to risk ...

~ Ann Brashares

The humble ones are always learning and improving, and their secret is always that it's a secret.

~ Criss Jami