#silent

The faded glittering in his eyes is like a falling star on a dull autumn's day. ↗

— Anna Paszkiewicz

#mysery #silent-pain #age

The country people, indeed, did not always clearly distinguish between the Fairies and the dead. They called them both the 'Silent People'; and the Milky Way they thought was the path along which the dead were carried to Fairyland. ↗

— Hope Mirrlees

#fairies #fairy #fairyland #silent-people #the-dead

Here I am Looking at the world’s mirror Finding myself at the center of a maze Constructing the roots of a dream for a nationless society by the power of peace ↗

— Rixa White

#finding-myself #nationless-society #power-of-peace #roots-of-a-dream #silentaria

I’m bilingual, speaking English and body language. I prefer the latter, because I can speak it silently and without listening and while my back is turned.
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— Jarod Kintz

#english #ignore #ignoring #language #languages

Speak only if it improves upon the silence. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#improvement

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#cannot #expresses #impossible #said #silent

A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#barks #coward #dog #god #his

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#foothold #gain #good #needs #people

Children are the most wonderful audiences. What's struck me most is that that they watch it so silently, until the end when they shriek and shout and clap. ↗

— Emma Thompson

#children #clap #end #me #most

Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back? ↗

— Kirk Douglas

#back #come #does #now #pictures