#quiet

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

#life #life-and-living #old #painful #quiet

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

— Nicholas Sparks

#quietness #life

Ah, what a morning this is, awakening me to life's stupidity. [98 - Zenith trans.] ↗

— Fernando Pessoa

#pessoa #zenith #life

A quiet kid is a good kid. But a quiet and invisible kid is an even better kid. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#invisible #kid #quiet #life

My mother is quiet. The way he acts, she thinks it must mean he doesn't love her as much as she loves him ↗

— Carole Glickfeld

#love #quiet #love

I just...I've fantasized about peace and quiet for so long, dreamt about being left alone...but when the TV was off, and the sun was down...I'm in a full sob right now. I've just never felt so alone, and I couldn't take it. ↗

— Andrea Randall

#love #quiet #love

Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them. ↗

— Dion Boucicault

#killing #kills #men #quietly #talk

It's quiet in the car, in a good way for once. No words, no music. Silence seems right. I roll down the windows and lean my head against the door frame, listening to the wind rush by and smelling the pine trees. I watch the stars materialize, like someone is dimming the switch on the night sky so each shining dot grows brighter and brighter. ↗

— Jennifer Salvato Doktorski

#quiet #road-trip #silence #stars #music

Thoughts will lead you in circles. Silence will bring you back to your centre. ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#centre #contentment #nature #peace #peace-of-mind

Children are natural practitioners of the Queer and the Questing, for childhood is nothing but a quest through a queer country. Of course, they often have a good deal of trouble with the Quiet. ↗

— Catherynne M. Valente

#quiet #nature