#quiet

A line, a short line, stumbles off into the morning. Thirty two men. ↗

— Erich Maria Remarque

#men

The unusual thing about quiet is that when you seek it, it is almost impossible to achieve. When you strive for quiet, you become impatient, and impatience is itself a noiseless noise. You can block every superficial sound, but, with each new layer extinguished, a next rises up, finer and more entrapping, until you arrive at last in the infinite attitude of your own riotous mind. Inside is where all the memories last like wells, and the unspoken wishes like golden buds, and the pain that you keep, lingering and implicit, staying inside, nesting inside, articulating, articulating, through to the day you die. (p. 240) ↗

— Hilary Thayer Hamann

#quiet #attitude

I've always had an eye for nature, but it's the sort of thing to keep quiet about, because I don't want to come across as a mad hippy. But it makes sense to appreciate those things. ↗

— Jarvis Cocker

#across #always #appreciate #because #come

I always say to anybody who's going over to America for the first time, 'Whatever you do, go and see a popular mainstream film with a big audience.' Because people shout out. You never get that in Britain. Everybody's so quiet, scared to laugh. It's like being in church. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#america #anybody #audience #because #being

We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#being #constantly #cups #filled #how

If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively. ↗

— Mel Brooks

#got #lively #living #noisy #quiet

A lot of people think I don't like them just because I'm pretty quiet. But there are certain things people don't necessarily need to know. There's got to be some things for me. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#certain #certain things #got #i #just

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves. ↗

— Queen Victoria

#events #great #irritate #make #me

I have commenced my auspicious reign and am in quiet possession of the Presidential Mansion... this winter I intend to do something in the way of entertaining that shall be the admiration and talk of all Washington world. ↗

— Julia Gardiner Tyler

#am #commenced #entertaining #i #intend

I specialize in murders of quiet, domestic interest. ↗

— Agatha Christie

#i #interest #quiet #specialize