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Quiet Quotes - Page 9

I am naturally taciturn, and became a silent and attentive listener.

I am naturally taciturn, and became a silent and attentive listener.

William Hamilton Maxwell (1833). “Stories of Waterloo”, p.4

Does not everything depend on our interpretation of the silence around us?

Lawrence Durrell (2015). “From the Elephant's Back: Collected Essays & Travel Writings”, p.23, University of Alberta

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation. I can't take quiet desperation!

"Fictional character: Don Birnam". "The Lost Weekend", www.imdb.com. October 5, 1945.

Sin is never less quiet than when it seems to be most quiet.

John Owen (2001). “Temptation and Sin”, p.11, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

I'm sick of everything, and of the everythingness of everything.

Fernando Pessoa (1996). “The Book of Disquietude: By Bernardo Soares, Assistant Bookkeeper in the City of Lisbon”

No-one can function properly without occasional peace and quiet.

Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.984, Knopf Books for Young Readers

We remained in Texas leading a quiet home life until 1889.

Calamity Jane (1896). “Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane”

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.

"'Essai sur les Moeurs et l'Esprit des Nations' ('Essay on the Manners of Nations')". Book by Voltaire. Chapter CLXIII, 1756.