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  • #1
    Woody Allen
    “God is silent. Now if only man would shut up.”
    Woody Allen

  • #2
    Leopold Stokowski
    “A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.”
    Leopold Stokowski

  • #3
    Lewis Carroll
    “I don't think..." then you shouldn't talk, said the Hatter.”
    Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

  • #4
    Ansel Adams
    “When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.”
    Ansel Adams

  • #5
    Jodi Picoult
    “Sometimes there aren't words. The silence between us is flung wide as an ocean. But I manage to reach across it, to wrap my arms around him.”
    Jodi Picoult

  • #6
    “Daddy had only just got into bed when, from the next room, a small voice called, "Hello?"

    "What do you want?" Daddy demanded, perhaps a trifle less patiently than usual.

    There came a long silence. Then from a sleepy child came the reply, "I don't want anything 'cept I just want to know somebody is there."

    That is the cry of million of hearts, millions who feel they can manage along through life as long as there is someone to share it with.”
    Francis Gay

  • #7
    Katie McGarry
    “I need you."

    "I'm here."
    And we sit in silence.”
    Katie McGarry, Dare You To

  • #8
    Igor Stravinsky
    “Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right.”
    Igor Stravinsky

  • #9
    “...you can be angry and silent, but it's no use - there's no distance in the spirit - besides, my words touch you more softly than my hands...”
    John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

  • #11
    Sherrilyn Kenyon
    “Nothing is ever truly set by fate. In one blink, everything changes. Even though it should be a clear, sunny day, the softest whisper into the wind can become a hurricane that destroys everything it touches. (Acheron)”
    Sherrilyn Kenyon, Sins of the Night

  • #12
    Sherrilyn Kenyon
    “Some kisses are worth living for”
    Sherrilyn Kenyon, Kiss of the Night

  • #13
    Sherrilyn Kenyon
    “Don't let those people steal your day”
    Sherrilyn Kenyon, Acheron

  • #14
    Sherrilyn Kenyon
    “You don’t knock on the devil’s door, boy, unless you want him to answer. (Ravyn)”
    Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dark Side of the Moon

  • #15
    Sherrilyn Kenyon
    “You are the only warmth in my heart. The only sunshine my winter has ever known. (Talon)”
    Sherrilyn Kenyon, Night Embrace

  • #16
    Sherrilyn Kenyon
    “The tiger lies low not from fear, but for aim.
    ~Wren”
    Sherrilyn Kenyon, Unleash the Night

  • #17
    Sherrilyn Kenyon
    “Just remember, anger is always your enemy. You must keep your emotions in check. The moment you lose control of them, you lose the fight every time. (Takeshi)”
    Sherrilyn Kenyon, Acheron

  • #18
    Alexandre Dumas fils
    “The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits.”
    Alexandre Dumas-fils

  • #19
    Terry Pratchett
    “The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
    Terry Pratchett, Diggers

  • #20
    Jeanette Winterson
    “Explore me,' you said and I collected my ropes, flasks and maps, expecting to be back home soon. I dropped into the mass of you and I cannot find the way out. Sometimes I think I’m free, coughed up like Jonah from the whale, but then I turn a corner and recognise myself again. Myself in your skin, myself lodged in your bones, myself floating in the cavities that decorate every surgeon’s wall. That is how I know you. You are what I know.”
    Jeanette Winterson, Written on the Body

  • #21
    Ethlie Ann Vare
    “A frequent exchange of text messages is not a relationship. It's not even a pen-pal.”
    Ethlie Ann Vare, Love Addict: Sex, Romance, and Other Dangerous Drugs

  • #22
    Patrick Rothfuss
    “There is a great deal of difference between a penis and a heart.”
    Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

  • #23
    Edgar Allan Poe
    “I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.”
    Edgar Allan Poe

  • #24
    Vincent van Gogh
    “It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.”
    Vincent Van Gogh

  • #25
    Langston Hughes
    “Hold fast to dreams,
    For if dreams die
    Life is a broken-winged bird,
    That cannot fly.”
    Langston Hughes

  • #26
    Brian Andreas
    “I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep & there are no words for that.”
    Brian Andreas, Story People

  • #27
    Elizabeth Gilbert
    “You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control.”
    Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

  • #28
    George Lucas
    “Always remember, your focus determines your reality.”
    George Lucas

  • #29
    Jordan Belfort
    “The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it.”
    Jordan Belfort

  • #30
    Albert Einstein
    “Imagination is the highest form of research.”
    Albert Einstein

  • #31
    Edith Södergran
    “The inner fire is the most important thing mankind possesses.”
    Edith Södergran



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