Awkward Silence Quotes

“He nodded again and I was tempted to tell him the rule of silence: sometimes an awkward silence is actually far less awkward than forced conversation.”
― Christina Lauren, Beautiful Player

“There was a silence. Elliot was surprised, because he would have thought the sound of every atom in his body exploding with indignation might make some noise.”
― Sarah Rees Brennan, The Turn of the Story

“Words were few and failing between them as though the silence that sat with them had laid its old lips on theirs and sucked them dry of speech. For where could one begin? With the weather? But here there was no weather. These few sad rooms were the old man's world. His horizons were all walls.”
― Michael Bedard, Redwork

“It’s even more awkward when we’re face to face with people. It used to be exciting to make plans with friends because you could sit and catch up and talk about what’s been going on in your lives. Now when you see someone there’s nothing left to say. You’ve already seen the pictures from their trip to Rio on Facebook. You’ve read their tweets about the latest diet they’re on. And they already texted you about the pregnancy scare. So you end up just sitting and staring at each other until you both start texting other people.”
― Ellen DeGeneres

“I like awkward moments. They are full of tension and suspense. Anything's possible or, at the very least, they are the source of some electric sizzle.”
― Donna Lynn Hope

“We're sitting there, her smoking, me watching her smoke, and it's too quiet, so I do what I've done my whole life when it's too quiet. I say something really stupid.”
― A.S. King, Everybody Sees the Ants

“Madeline: You didn’t write to me either.
Olly: you didn’t want me to
Madeline:...
Olly: does the ellipsis mean we’re having an awkward silence or that you’re thinking?”
― Nicola Yoon, Everything, Everything

“(Sakaki and Osaka lying on towels at the beach)

...

Osaka: You know them Hemmorrhoids...

Sakaki: ...Eh? =-O

Osaka: Some folks call 'em "Hemorrhoids", but others call 'em "Roids".

Why does the one not have an "H" in it? Which one's right?

Sakaki: ......

Osaka: Would it be under "H" or "R" in the dictionary?

Sakaki: ...I don't know. =/”
― Kiyohiko Azuma, Azumanga Daioh: The Omnibus

“Silence is only awkward if one cannot feel a connection with the other.”
― Dominic Riccitello

“The silences weren’t awkward. For me at least. Because I was there in the moment with him.”
― Dominic Riccitello