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Quiet Quotes - Page 19

The grave's a fine and quiet place but none I think do finish their books from there.

Ursula Nordstrom, Leonard S. Marcus (1998). “Dear genius: the letters of Ursula Nordstrom”, Harpercollins

The beauty we love is very silent. It smiles softly to itself, but never speaks.

Richard Le Gallienne (1915). “Vanishing Roads, and Other Essays”

Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts.

Rebecca West (2012). “The Saga of the Century: The Fountain Overflows, This Real Night, and Cousin Rosamund”, p.554, Open Road Media

The First Amendment was designed to allow for disruption of business as usual. It is not a quiet and subdued amendment or right.

"The First Amendment and the Obligation to Peacefully Disrupt in a Free Society". www.huffingtonpost.com. October 22, 2011.

Anything I tell you is an alibi for something else." Then let's be quiet together.

Leonard Cohen (2011). “The Favourite Game”, p.25, Emblem Editions

If I want a word, I make it. I don't like combustion. It's too quiet. I have some stuff in a state of combustication.

Australian ABC Television show "Demonstrations in Physics", ("Episode 30. The Physics of Toys: Electrostatic, Magnetic and Miscellaneous"), 1969.