power over you

Don’t give people so much power over you that their silence leaves you questioning your worth.

— sarcolinedream

“I want some time to breathe. I want long walks in empty parks. I want silence. I want a cold drink on a hot day. I want the sound of a train so far in the distance I can barely hear it. I want a good book and several quiet hours.”

— Mark Z. Danielewski, The House of Leaves

“Focus on these words, and whatever you do don’t let your eyes wander past the perimeter of this page. Now imagine just beyond your peripheral vision, maybe behind you, maybe to the side of you, maybe even in front of you, but right where you can’t see it, something is quietly closing in on you, so quiet in fact you can only hear it as silence. Find those pockets without sound. That’s where it is. Right at this moment. But don’t look. Keep your eyes here. Now take a deep breath. Go ahead take an even deeper one. Only this time as you start to exhale, try to imagine how fast it will happen, how hard it’s gonna hit you, how many times it will stab your jugular with its teeth or are they nails?, don’t worry, that particular detail doesn’t matter, because before you have time to even process that you should be moving, you should be running, you should at the very least be flinging up your arms – you sure as hell should be getting rid of this book – you don’t have time to even scream.
Don’t look.
I didn’t.”

— Rumi

I choose to love you in silence…
For in silence I find no rejection,
I choose to love you in loneliness…
For in loneliness no one owns you but me,

I choose to adore you from a distance…
For distance will shield me from pain,

I choose to kiss you in the wind…
For the wind is gentler than my lips,

I choose to hold you in my dreams…
For in my dreams, you have no end.

— John O’Donohue

“One of the tasks of true friendship is to listen compassionately and creatively to the hidden silences. Often secrets are not revealed in words, they lie concealed in the silence between the words or in the depth of what is unsayable between two people.”

― Christopher Poindexter

“I loved her, not for the way she danced with my angels…

But for the way the sound of her name could silence my demons.”

— Miranda July

“Some people are uncomfortable with silences. Not me. I’ve never cared much for call and response. Sometimes I will think of something to say and then I ask myself; is it worth it? And it just isn’t.”

i vow to

when silence between two people is comfortable,

silence is pure

— Caroline Myss

“The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind.”

Elisabeth Kubler

There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find peace. You will find that deep place of silence right in your room, your garden or even your bathtub.

— The Vow

“I vow to help you love life , to always hold you with tenderness and to have the patience that love demands , to speak when words are needed and to share the silence when they are not. To live within the warmth of your heart and always call it home.”

I Stand In Silence

I Stand In Silence

Waiting For You To Speak

I Feel Your Presence Here

Its All Around Me

— Elbert Hubbard

“He who does not understand your silence 

will probably not understand your words.”

IF YOU DON'T

Silence is the best way

the silence of our friends.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Harsh words hurt feelings, but silence breaks hearts.

Silence and Words