Awkward Silences Quotes

“He’s an indulgent sort of man……

With a quick lip and a fierce tongue, the sort of tongue that draws you in with charm and words of praise, awkward silences and desperate worships.”
― Jamie Weise

“Certainly she could never have exchanged pleasantries with anyone. What would there be for them to say anyway? Sorry? Sorry your daughter is dead, Sorry your daughter jumped off the roof of her school when you were on your way to pick her up. Sorry you were late. Too bad you'll be reliving that failure for the rest of your miserable life.”
― Kimberly McCreight, Reconstructing Amelia

“А еще все англичане при встрече с неангличанами на ступеньках, на терассе перед нашей спальней и вообще хоть где показывают большой палец. Не путать со средним пальцем. Большой палец - мол, все ок, чувак, мол, не знаю, поймешь ли ты, если я открою рот со своим мэйби да и прочими непроизносимыми звуками, но я дружелюбен и вот показываю тебе палец, чтоб сообщить тебе хоть что-то, не можем же мы постоянно молчать.”
― Bandy Sholtes, Фрики Европы, или Экспедиция за вином

“We’retryingtopushthroughthepausesandsithere.Andeach second that goes by proves how much we pathetically want the other person. But we aren’t saying that. It’s like, for example, a first date —both parties are already vulnerable because they showed up. But it’s never said. It's so funny. It’s like when people front so much that the room could literally be on fire and they’d be like “Are you hot?” “No, I’m fine, I’m actually kinda cold,” and then they burn to death, never admitting that their faces are literally melting.”
― Karl Kristian Flores, The Goodbye Song

“We're bad luck, of course, we widows. We know it. Awkward silences occur around us. People tiptoe. Should we be invited to dinner, or will we cast a pall? We certainly try not to cast palls: palls are unpleasant.”
― Margaret Atwood, Old Babes in the Wood: Stories