Quotes about Quietly

Quietly endure, silently suffer and patiently wait. Votes: 3

Quietly endure, silently suffer and patiently wait. Votes: 3

Quietly affirm that you will define your own reality from now on and that your definition will be based on your inner wisdom Votes: 3

Love is something that comes to us in life. Quietly, it overwhelms us. It is something that you cultivate. You make it happen. Votes: 3

They were always doing something. Quietly, without interruption, and with great concentration, they carried on with the hundred-and-one small things that made up their world. Votes: 3

The master said, 'Quietly to store up knowledge in my mind, to learn without flagging, to teach without growing weary, these present me with no difficulties.' Votes: 3

Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave. I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned. Votes: 3

If you determine your course With force or speed, You miss the way of the dharma. Quietly consider What is right and what is wrong. Receiving all opinions equally, Without haste, wisely, Observe the dharma. Votes: 3

True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice. Votes: 1

Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them. Votes: 1

The important thing is to know how to take all things quietly. Votes: 1

True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. Votes: 1

The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led. Votes: 1

The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly. Votes: 1

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. Votes: 1

Whenever I'm on my computer, I don't type 'lol'. I type 'lqtm' - laugh quietly to myself. It's more honest. Votes: 1

The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own. Votes: 1

We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out. Votes: 1

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. Votes: 1

Feelings are more dangerous than ideas, because they aren't susceptible to rational evaluation. They grow quietly, spreading underground, and erupt suddenly, all over the place. Votes: 1

Texas is OK if you want to settle down and do your own thing quietly, but it's not for outrageous people, and I was always outrageous. Votes: 1

There are a lot of people who are doing wonderful things, quietly, with no motive of greed, or hostility toward other people, or delusions of superiority. Votes: 1

Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you. Votes: 1

Be still; quietly remember the presence of and within yourself, and you will know, without thinking, that while all around you everything changes, within you lives something unchanging. Votes: 1

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset. Votes: 1

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices. Votes: 1

Some Libertarians argue that Western occupation fans the flames of radical Islam; I agree. But I don't agree that, absent Western occupation, that radical Islam 'goes quietly into that good night.' Votes: 1

Your body has something in the neighborhood of 40 trillion cells - quite a consulting committee. Call on it when you're confused or undecided. Relax quietly and ask your body what it has to say. Votes: 1

Be slow to speak, and only after having first listened quietly, so that you may understand the meaning, leanings, and wishes of those who do speak. Thus you will better know when to speak and when to be silent. Votes: 1

False thinking and false ideologies, dressed in the most pleasing forms, quietly - almost without our knowing it - seek to reduce our moral defenses and to captivate our minds. They entice with bright promises of security, cradle-to-grave guarantees of many kinds. Votes: 1

That men should live honestly, quietly, and comfortably together, it is needful that they should live under a sense of God's will, and in awe of the divine power, hoping to please God, and fearing to offend Him, by their behaviour respectively. Votes: 1

A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess, where people sit quietly, thinking out their strategy, taking their time between moves. It's more like a game of billiards, with a bunch of balls clustered together. Votes: 1

I wish I were shyly, quietly intriguing, like Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, like someone French and fashionable who knows how to twirl her ladylike locks just so and walk adroitly on kitten heels, who is all gesture and whisper - but I am unfortunately forward and forthright: When I am interested in a man, he absolutely knows it. Votes: 1

We need to see, and agree that what we seek already lives within us, and we within it. Now we know our one great task: watch for whatever promises us freedom, and then quietly, consciously refuse to see ourselves through the eyes of what we know is incomplete. Then we live wholeness itself, instead of spending our lives looking for it. Votes: 1

Be quietly confident. Votes: 0

Boast quietly, with decorum. Votes: 0

I want to live quietly. Votes: 0

Men will not always die quietly. Votes: 0

I can't do anything quietly anymore. Votes: 0

Do the truth quietly without display. Votes: 0

Fall was slipping quietly into winter Votes: 0

I can be very self-destructive, but quietly. Votes: 0

Sit quietly and open up to spirit. Votes: 0

Never underestimate the power of sitting quietly. Votes: 0

We're quietly aching for something to celebrate Votes: 0

Go quietly alone, no harm will befall you. Votes: 0

Few things move as quietly as the future. Votes: 0

I sing a beautiful song quietly in my heart. Votes: 0

If you must make a noise, make it quietly. Votes: 0

Where you quietly know within, you have no choice. Votes: 0

I live quietly at home among my family and friends. Votes: 0

I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly. Votes: 0

He who has lived obscurely and quietly has lived well. Votes: 0

I could live very quietly, do advertising to earn money. Votes: 0

Love comes quietly... / but you know when it is there... Votes: 0

Marriage, she said quietly, is the most expensive ticket to nowhere Votes: 0

Wealthy people in Australia tend to give, and give very quietly. Votes: 0

Know yourself fearlessly (even quietly) for all the things you are. Votes: 0

Marriage," she said quietly, "is the most expensive ticket to nowhere Votes: 0

Your strength is how calmly, quietly and peacefully you face life. Votes: 0

When we speak quietly one to another things somehow get settled. Votes: 0

If you would rule the world quietly, you must keep it amused. Votes: 0

Is it better to outmonster the monsters or to be quietly devoured? Votes: 0

Live more quietly. Live more seeking God's presence in your own heart. Votes: 0

Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself. Votes: 0

Love doesn't need to be answered, It just quietly and freely gives. Votes: 0

Anybody who speaks quietly and shrivels up in company is unbelievably arrogant. Votes: 0

Sunday is the day people go quietly mad, one way or another. Votes: 0

As lives go, I'll take the quietly desperate over the radically bipolar. Votes: 0

Unseen in the background, Fate was quietly slipping lead into the boxing-glove. Votes: 0

We will not win our rights by staying quietly in our closets. Votes: 0

Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be quietly devoured? Votes: 0

The answers come when you are quietly willing to be without them. Votes: 0

Heroes are people who rise to the occasion and slip quietly away. Votes: 0

I hope to work, support my children and die quietly without pain. Votes: 0

If you listen quietly enough life will whisper its secrets to you Votes: 0

I have tried to live very quietly, so I could be happy. Votes: 0

Humility: The most quietly profound professor in the university of Christian living. Votes: 0

The extraordinary is waiting quietly beneath the skin of all that is ordinary. Votes: 0

Inspiration comes to us slowly and quietly . prime it with a little solitude. Votes: 0

I think perhaps we manage our revolutions much more quietly in this country. Votes: 0

Oh, it's you," Curran's voice said quietly. "I thought it was an elephant. Votes: 0

My gayness became quietly accepted and, shock of all shocks, life went on. Votes: 0

Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer. Votes: 0

The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout. Votes: 0

Are you going to come quietly, or do I have to use earplugs? Votes: 0

Her heart ached as though a knife had quietly slipped between her ribs. Votes: 0

The best beauty treatment of all is time spent quietly before the Lord. Votes: 0

It's amazing what you can see when you just sit quietly and look. Votes: 0

If you feel guilty or quietly ashamed, seek the power of the Atonement. Votes: 0

Why will you take by force what you may have quietly by love? Votes: 0

One man's word is no man's word; we should quietly hear both sides. Votes: 0

One day an army of gray-haired women may quietly take over the Earth! Votes: 0

[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We'll go quietly. Votes: 0

Ask dumb questions and listen quietly for the answers. That's a wisdom stair climber. Votes: 0

It's amazing what you can get if you quietly, clearly and authoritatively demand it. Votes: 0

Kahlan stood quietly in the shadows, watching, as evil knocked softly on the door. Votes: 0

Rage against the world, if you like, but quietly, or the Guardians will awake. Votes: 0

Does not heed to the darkWith its shimmering light,Moon quietly bathes the ocean Votes: 0

One may live tranquilly in a dungeon; but does life consist in living quietly? Votes: 0

This is war," he say quietly. "Well thank God you're dressed for it, Griggs. Votes: 0

When you put Listerine in your mouth, it hurts. Germs do not go quietly. Votes: 0

When you've gone as far as you can go, quietly await your next beginning. Votes: 0

But what was the point of living so quietly you made no noise at all? Votes: 0

Alasdair Fraser's Culburnie Records has quietly become one of the best Celtic music labels today. Votes: 0

The reason for designing new media is simple"”to subtly and quietly change the world. Votes: 0

He is thinking quietly: I should not have got out of the habit of prayer. Votes: 0

The parts for women, you're either like the quietly suffering wife or the wild girl. Votes: 0

Silence. All human unhappiness comes from not knowing how to stay quietly in a room. Votes: 0

All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone. Votes: 0

When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don't make any fuss. Votes: 0

There is no end to the violations committed by children on children, quietly talking alone. Votes: 0

Whenever I hear French spoken as I approve, I find myself quietly falling in love. Votes: 0

Sometimes you move publicly, sometimes privately. Sometimes quietly, sometimes at the top of your voice. Votes: 0

An eye for an eye." "And the whole world goes blind," Coral puts in quietly. Votes: 0

My idea of a vacation is to rest quietly in the shade of a blond. Votes: 0

All the fame you should look for in life is to have lived it quietly. Votes: 0

You remembered, he said quietly.Lowering the bow, Scarlet kept her eyes on himI remembered. Votes: 0

Suffering borne in the will quietly and patiently is a continual, very powerful prayer before God. Votes: 0

Men walk through tragedy, quietly, calm and precise on the outside, tearing themselves to shreds inside. Votes: 0

The greatest and most powerful revolutions often start very quietly, hidden in the shadows. Remember that. Votes: 0

That woman, Grimm said quietly, drives me quite insane.Kettle grunted. Why'd you marry her, then? Votes: 0

From its humble origins in college dorm rooms, social media has quietly crept into the boardroom. Votes: 0

Sometimes opportunity knocks, but most of the time it sneaks up and then quietly steals away. Votes: 0

All mankind's troubles are caused by one single thing, which is their inability to sit quietly. Votes: 0

In two words," said Alan quietly, "there is nothing I love half as much as you. Votes: 0

To be alive is to listen quietly while other people talk. That's how you learn something. Votes: 0

Some people feel like they don't deserve love so they walk quietly into the empty spaces. Votes: 0

You dinna need to understand me, Sassenach," he said quietly. "So long as you love me. Votes: 0

I find beauty in a very independent state. It lives quietly. It's there to be discovered. Votes: 0

So let us go forward quietly, each on his own path, forever making for the light. Votes: 0

For what we are about to see next, we must enter quietly into the realm of genius! Votes: 0

Unsuccessful candidates for the Presidency should be quietly hanged as a matter of public sanitation and decorum. Votes: 0

People will think what they want to," he said quietly. Never take too much notice of it. Votes: 0

When you first start off, you see what other people have and quietly say, "I want that." Votes: 0

Do not deride someone's faith simply because you do not share it, Lord Cladent," Sazed said quietly. Votes: 0

We are impatient, anxious to see the whole picture, but God lets us see things slowly, quietly. Votes: 0

I'm quietly becoming New York's premiere actor. People don't understand. They have me pigeon-holed as a comedian. Votes: 0

Who can wait quietly until the mud settles? Who can remain still until the moment of action? Votes: 0

I said nothing"”I hadn't known Marya, and anyway, "listening quietly" was my general social strategy Votes: 0

It is my wish and the wishes of my people to live peaceably and quietly with you. Votes: 0

I saw that my witticism was unperceived and quietly replaced it in the treasury of my mind. Votes: 0

Preach not calmly and quietly as though you were asleep, but preach with fire and pathos and passion. Votes: 0

Speak your truth quietly & clearly; and listen to others, even the dull & ignorant; they too have their story. Votes: 0

Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women's history; a quietly mad population is a tractable one. Votes: 0

I hid myself within myself ... and quietly wrote down all my joys, sorrows and contempt in my diary. Votes: 0

To walk quietly until the miracle in everything speaks is poetry, whether we write it down or not. Votes: 0

The ego wants to rule, but the heart will quietly prevail. -Jennifer Ritchie Payette, co-author, Modular Career Design Votes: 0

I sleep. I dream. I make up things that I would never say. I say them very quietly. Votes: 0

Did you ever sit quietly with your back straight, not moving, just only cherishing the beauty of silence? Votes: 0

Your dead sleep quietly, at least, Captain, out of reach of sharks" "Yes, sir, of sharks and men. Votes: 0

Goodness," Myrnin said quietly. "I don't think I should be watching this. I don't think I'm old enough. Votes: 0

No matter how quietly homophobia is whispered, it doesn't make it any less loud. You can't whisper hate, Votes: 0

He wanted to cry quietly but not for himself: for the words, so beautiful and sad, like music. Votes: 0

I am not... totally unreceptive to colour providing it makes its appearance quietly, deferentially, and without undue fanfare. Votes: 0

Leaders who led their organizations quietly and humbly, were much more effective than flashy, charismatic high profile leaders. Votes: 0

The sole cause of all human misery is the inability of people to sit quietly in their rooms. Votes: 0

Boy, I'm just quietly doing my thing, and I hope they'll look around and get my record out. Votes: 0

I thank all missionaries, men and women who quietly work hard for the Lord and their brothers and sisters. Votes: 0

I will go on quietly and slowly, but I will go on firmly, and with a certainty of success. Votes: 0

I wish I had a hundred years, she said, very quietly. A hundred years I could give to you. Votes: 0

All the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they cannot stay quietly in their own chamber. Votes: 0

The highest happiness of man ... is to have probed what is knowable and quietly to revere what is unknowable. Votes: 0

The angel descended when you were least expecting it. Tracy felt something quietly go click in his despairing heart. Votes: 0

Life is beautiful. Like a beautiful blue wave, it ebbs and flows, sometimes gushing forth and sometimes receding quietly. Votes: 0

A heart that overflows may seek out merrymaking and boisterous festivities to quietly rejoice, unnoticed amidst the reveling crowds. Votes: 0

The greatest joy of a thinking man is to have searched the explored and to quietly revere the unexplored. Votes: 0

Now I am quietly waiting for the catastrophe of my personality to seem beautiful again, and interesting, and modern. Votes: 0

For all the sirens, game-show buzzers, and drum-rolls of life, it is the nature of men to die quietly. Votes: 0

Truly, God works in mysterious ways. The wheels of His mercy and justice move quietly, but they do move. Votes: 0

Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives Votes: 0

It only seems that there is something more important for you to do than to just quietly be yourself. Votes: 0

The poor monkey, quietly seated on the ground, seemed to be in sore trouble at this display of anger. Votes: 0

The sole cause of man's unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his room. Votes: 0

She was truest to them in the season of trial, as all the quietly loyal and good will always be. Votes: 0

I'm not a media darling. I'm not on the cover of all these magazines. I just quietly do my thing. Votes: 0

Years have passed and how I am anxiously watching the twilight of my childhood, quietly sinking, never to rise again. Votes: 0

The church is never a place to show off. Do your good deeds quietly. Serve; don't seek to be seen Votes: 0

One must be patient like the earth. What iniquities are being perpetuated on her! Yet she quietly endures them all. Votes: 0

The America that has flourished for more than two centuries is being quietly but steadily dismantled by the Obama administration. Votes: 0

Your giving is sacred and therefore should be kept secret. It is wise to give quietly with no strings attached. Votes: 0

Women should listen and learn quietly and submissively. I do not let women teach men or have authority over them. Votes: 0

Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself...... Votes: 0

She quietly expected great things to happen to her, and no doubt that's one of the reasons why they did. Votes: 0

The car whispered up the slope and nosed quietly out above the trees. He was driving like a careful insult. Votes: 0

Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures. That is contentment. Votes: 0

Like the fact that the person Sirius cared for the most about in the world was you," said Dumbledore quietly. Votes: 0

Instead, I quietly excused myself and went to the bar, to commune with spirits I know how to relate to. Votes: 0

Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord...He waits quietly for the King. Votes: 0

When it's a bad movie you want to release it quietly. You try to keep it a secret like an STD. Votes: 0

Bread takes the effort of kneading but also requires sitting quietly while the dough rises with a power all its own. Votes: 0

Me, I walk along and feel quietly defensive, a recluse in the Land of We. That's quite the loaded word, 'we. Votes: 0

I have hardly anything in common with myself and should stand very quietly in a corner, content that I can breathe. Votes: 0

If you can't sit in a cafe quietly and be ignored, how can you observe human nature and write a story? Votes: 0

I practice yoga and take a steam-filled bath or shower. Then I sit quietly and review and prioritize my to-do list. Votes: 0

The kingdom of God is like a mustard seed. It happens quietly. It happens inevitably. Don’t underestimate God’s power. Votes: 0

The sum of evil, Pascal remarked, would be much diminished if men could only learn to sit quietly in their rooms. Votes: 0

Sit quietly and listen for a voice that will say, "Be more silent." As that happens, your soul starts to revive. Votes: 0

Myrnin to Claire: "If anyone comes to bite you while I'm gone - well, try not to attract attention. Die quietly. Votes: 0

Until the missing story of ourselves is told, nothing besides told can suffice us: we shall go on quietly craving it. Votes: 0

I have allowed the president to pick his political appointees"¦But I will not sit quietly and let him shred the Constitution. Votes: 0

But we want peace, I would move all my people down this way. I could then keep them all quietly near camp. Votes: 0

The reason domestic pets are so lovable and so helpful to us is because they enjoy, quietly and placidly, the present moment. Votes: 0

Tina leans forward and asks quietly, 'Do you? You know? Love her?'Squeezing Nat's knee again, I reply, 'She's teachin' me how. Votes: 0

Man has learned to fly like the birds. Now all he has to do is work out how to do it quietly. Votes: 0

The electric guitar was vital in helping what I've achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start. Votes: 0

Before this distinguished assembly and the world, the bells today proclaim the joyous tidings of the completion of this quietly soaring tower. Votes: 0

Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how. Votes: 0

To follow the drops sliding from a lifting oar, Head up, while the rower breathes, and the small boat drifts quietly shoreward... Votes: 0

I think your travels get better when you stop showcasing your journey to others and begin to live it, quietly and joyfully. Votes: 0

I bet when all the punctuation marks have a party, they quietly look at exclamation point's wife and think, that poor woman. Votes: 0

All the troubles of life come upon us because we refuse to sit quietly for a while each day in our rooms. Votes: 0

No life can surpass that of a man who quietly continues to serve God in the place where providence has placed him. Votes: 0

Me, I walk along and feel quietly defensive, a recluse in the Land of We. That's quite the loaded word, 'we.' Votes: 0

At the dinner table, if you can't think of anything to say, sit quietly. Don't throw rolls, or chew on your napkin. Votes: 0

When Will truly wants something,” said Jem, quietly, “when he feels something — he can break your heart. Votes: 0

Death is appalling to those of the most iron nerves, when it comes quietly and in the stillness and solitude of night. Votes: 0

Shut up, Axl!" he whispered fiercly. "If you want to break your neck, do it quietly or I'll break it for you. Votes: 0

Life is such a very troublesome matter, when all is said and done, that it's as well even to take its blessings quietly. Votes: 0

Peace means no one is worried about anyone else's cookie...in this moment we are all quietly content with the cookies we have. Votes: 0

No one will calmly and quietly submit to bear the cross except those who have learned to seek their happiness beyond this world. Votes: 0

It wasn't even a fight, really. We didn't shout. We barely even argued, but a snake of tension quietly slithered into our lives. Votes: 0

Lennie said quietly, "It ain't no lie. We're gonna do it. Gonna get a little place an' live on the fatta the lan'. Votes: 0

Humor is a kind of emotional chaos told about calmly and quietly in retrospect.There is always a laugh in the utterly familiar. Votes: 0

We should comfort ourselves with the masterpieces of art as with exalted personages-stand quietly before them and wait till they speak to us. Votes: 0

Breeze turned to look out the window. "You were always the best of us, Sazed," he said quietly. "Because you believed in something. Votes: 0

I have not wept since the death of my parents," said Luxa quietly. "But I am thought to be unnatural in this respect. Votes: 0

I have never seen a player as driven and determined as me, quietly determined; that's why I always want to do the best. Votes: 0

Some people feel like they don't deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past. Votes: 0

When people talk to me about picture hunters, I very quietly laugh. I'm not a hunter of pictures, I'm a fisher of pictures. Votes: 0

I've always found that the most beautiful people, truly beautiful inside and out, are the ones who are quietly unaware of their effect. Votes: 0

I love just sitting quietly meditating. With an hour free, it depends. I love getting down on the floor and playing with my kids. Votes: 0

While it [tolerance] is more or less quietly and constitutionally withdrawn from the opposition, it is made compulsory behavior with respect to established policies. Votes: 0

Love comes quietly... but you know when it is there because suddenly... you are not alone anymore... and there is no sadness in you. Votes: 0

Most men have no purpose but to exist, Abraham; to pass quietly through history as minor characters upon a stage they cannot even see Votes: 0

Gluttony and sloth, as worldly goals, were quietly usurped by avarice and lust, which, together with poetry (yes, poetry), consumed all my free time. Votes: 0

Meanwhile myself et cetera lay quietly in the deep mud et cetera (dreaming, et cetera, of your smile eyes knees and of your Etcetera.) Votes: 0

Miss can I get a second to speak and quietly mention, That I am so into who you are, can I get your attention? Votes: 0

I am thinking,' he remarked quietly, 'whether I shall add to the disorder in this room, by scattering your brains about the fireplace. Votes: 0

He gave her his heart. She took it and placed it quietly in the pocket of her gown. No one observed what she did. Votes: 0

You better not turn out to be an asshole, she says quietly.And you better be done with that guy in Italy, I reply. Votes: 0

After a few minutes, he asked, real quietly, if you turned into an animal, too. And I said, "˜She wishes she was that cool! Votes: 0

I don't want to impose on anyone else and make anyone else emotional or anything. I tend to quietly cry, kind of turn away. Votes: 0

Everybody wants to change the world. But I guess how we want to change it is a little bit more quietly than other bands. Votes: 0

It is always quietly thrilling to find yourself looking at a world you know well but have never seen from such an angle before. Votes: 0

I made the remark that I don't avoid people in order to live quietly, but rather in order to be able to die quietly. Votes: 0

Many ALS patients end up fading away quietly and dying. For me, this was not OK. I did not want to fade away quietly. Votes: 0

Announcing your death should be like announcing that you are a lunar moth: It must be done quietly or it will not be believed. Votes: 0

I'd just like to retire quietly with dignity, secure in the knowledge that no more comedies will ever be made now that I'm gone. Votes: 0

I sit quietly and repeat my mantra until I'm in a meditative state, taking it all in but not focusing on any one thing. Votes: 0

Inspiration does not come like a blot, nor is it kinetic energy striving, but it comes to us slowly and quietly all the time. Votes: 0

The stronger person is not the one making the most noise but the one who can quietly direct the conversation toward defining and solving problems. Votes: 0

If what charms you is nothing but abstract principles, sit down and turn them over quietly in your mind: but never dub yourself a Philosopher. Votes: 0

Created a word game to play with a person you're fighting with. Silent Treatment. Nothing happens until one of you quietly says, Hey, you hungry? Votes: 0

As whites see their power and control over their lives declining, will they simply go quietly into the night? Or will there be an explosion? Votes: 0

Our minds are like certain vehicles,--when they have little to carry they make much noise about it, but when heavily loaded they run quietly. Votes: 0

Missing someone is like hearing a name sung quietly from somewhere behind you. Even after you know no one is there, you keep looking back. Votes: 0

She was already learning that if you ignore the rules people will, half the time, quietly rewrite them so that they don't apply to you. Votes: 0

He had an intrusive gaze and quietly confident manner, that seemed to strip away the layers of protective deception Scott would usually adopt around strangers." Votes: 0

Then, if you love him," he said quietly, "please, Tessa, don't tell him what I just told you. Don't tell him that I love you. Votes: 0

I nodded, pretending I was relaxed. I watched the sunlight sparkling on the water and practiced mind-body integration for a few seconds by quietly hyperventilating. Votes: 0

So now we all know," says Four, quietly, "that you are afraid of a short, skinny girl from Abnegation." His mouth curls into a smile. Votes: 0

I don't live in the spotlight, and I don't live my life in front of the paparazzi. I live very comfortably and quietly as possible. Votes: 0

You said to us once before," said Hermione quietly, "that there was time to turn back if we wanted to. We've had time, haven't we? Votes: 0

I think when we don't know what to do it's wise to do nothing. Sit down quietly; quiet our hearts and minds and breathe deeply. Votes: 0

If we are honest with ourselves and listen quietly ... we all harbor one fiercely held aspiration for our healthcare - that it keep us healthy. Votes: 0

What if the healing of the world utterly depends on the ten-thousand invisible kindnesses we offer simply and quietly throughout the pilgrimage of each human life? Votes: 0

And now, finished with that puzzling mixture of insane intimacy and isolation which is notoriety, Velvet was able to get on quietly to her next adventures. Votes: 0

The Medicine Man, taking his music with him, is passing quietly into the Great Silence, where the old songs were "Received in Dreams" by "inner-plane communication." Votes: 0

How often one reads a contemporary full-length novel and thinks quietly, mutinously, that it would have worked out better at half or a third the length. Votes: 0

Nowadays, suicide is just a way of disappearing. It is carried out timidly, quietly, and falls flat. It is no longer an action, only a submission. Votes: 0

[Bill Shawn] had always been in The New Yorker immaculately dressed - quietly, immaculately dressed, very soft-spoken. On the phone I could hardly hear him sometimes. Votes: 0

I love 'The Sportswriter' by Richard Ford. Ford really captures for me the bittersweetness of the quietly suffering American man. It's stoic, sad, and really beautiful. Votes: 0

Meditation, in all its forms and traditions, is an invitation to listen, to open, to quietly enlist the courage to be touched and formed by life. Votes: 0

After September 11, when the United States took action to overthrow the Taliban, our interests and Iran's aligned, and we were able to coordinate quietly but effectively. Votes: 0

Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften. Open to whatever you experience without fighting. Votes: 0

I don’t know, it is a very quiet rebellion. […] I don’t get angry. I sit quietly in the corner and say 'no'. Votes: 0

I invite you to bow your head and quietly whisper the prayer that will change your eternity: Jesus I believe in you and I receive you. Votes: 0

It's a sweet thing to sit quietly in the early-morning darkness and talk to God for a while. It's amazing what you gain from the conversation. Votes: 0

For a short time we lived quietly. But this could not last. White men had found gold in the mountains around the land of winding water. Votes: 0

She spoke quietly then, the tiniest crack in her voice, and all at once Lacey Pemerton was not Lacey Pemberton. She was just"”like, a person. Votes: 0

You start a question, and it's like starting a stone. You sit quietly on the top of a hill; and away the stone goes, starting others... Votes: 0

See your later years as becoming your treasure years. Sit quietly and think of all the times you were joyful, and let your body feel this joy. Votes: 0

Nothing is so lovely as a quietly snoring dog and some evening Brahms, as you sit in a comfortably overstuffed chair with your feet on the footstool. Votes: 0

Joanna's quietly intent nature contrasted sharply with Holly's vibrancy. While Miss Brewster's flirtation stroked his ego, the spiritual maturity Miss Robbin's exhibited commanded his admiration and respect. Votes: 0

Before embarking on important undertakings sit quietly calm your senses and thoughts and meditate deeply. You will then be guided by the great creative power of Spirit. Votes: 0

Remember He is the artist and you are the picture. You can’t see it, you can't see your true self. So quietly submit to be painted. Votes: 0

It comes out so quietly that I have to ask her to repeat it: “It’s just that I thought maybe you were married to me. Votes: 0

There are many Saudi women doctors, and there are many wealthy and powerful and well-educated Saudi women who circumvent the restrictions put upon them, quietly or otherwise. Votes: 0

As you can see, I'm in good health. I have no message; just tell them, please, that I went to my death quietly and in good health. Votes: 0

Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them. Votes: 0

making a noise in this world making a noise in this world you can bet your ass, I won't go quietly making a noise in this world. Votes: 0

There is simply a better chance of doing well if the writer holds a steady course, enters the stream of English quietly, and does not thrash about. Votes: 0

I went to Cambridge and thought I would stay there. I thought I would quietly grow tweed in a corner somewhere and become a Don or something. Votes: 0

Happiness is like a butterfly - the more you chase, the more subtle, but if you stop moving and quietly wait for it to land on you. Votes: 0

The bodies of those that made such a noise and tumult when alive, when dead, lie as quietly among the graves of their neighbors as any others. Votes: 0

If Death stepped miraculously through the glass and came in after you, in all probability you just got up and went along with him, ferociously but quietly. Votes: 0

Nature generally struggles against this treatment for a while, until her powers seem in a great measure exhausted, when she quietly yields to the power of the art. Votes: 0

The snow, which had fallen quietly at first, was now pelting against the windowpanes, driven by a wicked wind; the storm was rapidly assuming proportions of a blizzard. Votes: 0

If a child shows himself incorrigible, he should be decently and quietly beheaded at the age of twelve, lest he grow to maturity, marry, and perpetuate his kind. Votes: 0

You don't gossip while your man is driving. You sit there quietly until you're about 5 minutes from your destination then you say, would you like some road head? Votes: 0

[Donald] Trump has quietly rolled out an immigration plan with specifics and everyone wants specifics. He's got immigration with specifics, a black and Hispanic outreach plan with specifics. Votes: 0

One-half of the ills of life come because men are unwilling to sit down quietly for thirty minutes to think through all the possible consequences of their acts. Votes: 0

But that's how memory works," Bitterblue said quietly. "Things disappear without your permission, then come back again without your permission." And sometimes they came back incomplete and warped. Votes: 0

The players never think they project enough. In a hall that seats 3,300 people, it's a very scary thing to play so quietly that you can barely hear yourself. Votes: 0

Nurses quietly go about their work in a noble profession, uncelebrated soldiers toiling through the days and nights in service to the sick, the injured and the dying. Votes: 0

Allow me to tell you, Mr Taylor," said I, but quietly as the occasion demanded, "that one gentleman does not rejoice at the misfortune of another in public". Votes: 0

He brought his great hand to rest on an early edition of Bram Stoker's novel and smiled, but said nothing. Then he moved quietly away into another section. Votes: 0

In our old age my beloved companion said to me quietly one evening, "You have always given me wings to fly, and I have loved you for it. Votes: 0

Humility is to joyfully, voluntarily and quietly submit one's whole life to God's will, to finally use the gift of agency to give one's life back to Him. Votes: 0

To look upon its grass grown yard, where the sunbeams seem to sleep so quietly, one would think that there at least the dead might rest in peace. Votes: 0

The body shuts down when it has too much to bear; goes its own way quietly inside, waiting for a better time, leaving you numb and half alive. Votes: 0

Help me always to speak the truth quietly, to listen with an open mind when others speak, and to remember the peace that may be found in silence. Votes: 0

Some of the most relaxing weekends I have ever enjoyed were those I spent quietly with a sense of all work to date completed, and an absorbing mystery. Votes: 0

We're just people Jo he said quietly. Yeah I suppose. People with fangs who drink blood live a long time and apparently do crafts. She shook her head. Votes: 0

Bridget did not budge, and her face was without expression. She sat, quietly defeated like a chess player who lost a career match in less than four moves. Votes: 0

Our future is like that of the passengers on a small pleasure boat sailing quietly above the Niagara Falls, not knowing that the engines are about to fail. Votes: 0

The best of life is life lived quietly, where nothing happens but our calm journey through the day, where change is imperceptible and the precious life is everything. Votes: 0

At twenty-five, girls begin to talk about being old maids, but secretly resolve that they never will. At thirty, they say nothing about it, but quietly accept the fact. Votes: 0

Good men don't become legends," he said quietly. "Good men don't need to become legends." She opened her eyes, looking up at him. "They just do what's right anyway. Votes: 0

My childhood was extremely lonely. I was dyslexic and lots of kids make fun of me. That experience made me tough inside, because you learn to quietly accept ridicule. Votes: 0

One day, you're 17 and you're planning for someday. And then quietly, without you ever really noticing, someday is today. And then someday is yesterday. And this is your life. Votes: 0

I was tired. Tired of men, tired of moving, tired of being scared, tired of being confused. But who was I kissing? I'm not one to sit quietly, anywhere. Votes: 0

One of his followers murmured agreement, but another quietly slipped away. Now there was Norton and four others. Maybe that wasn't so bad. Christ Himself could only find twelve. Votes: 0

Personally, I have nothing against work, particularly when performed, quietly and unobtrusively, by someone else. I just don't happen to think it's an appropriate subject for an 'ethic.' Votes: 0

There are few of us, if any, who don't walk the refiner's fire of adversity and despair, sometimes known to others but for many quietly hidden and privately endured. Votes: 0

Had they known at these moments to be quietly joyful? Most likely not. People mostly did not know enough when they were living life that they were living it. Votes: 0

The welfare state is the oldest con game in the world. First you take people's money away quietly, and then you give some of it back to them flamboyantly. Votes: 0

Accept the long night patiently, quietly, humbly, and resignedly as intended for your true good. It is not a punishment for sin committed but an instrument of annihilating egoism. Votes: 0

The welfare state is the oldest con game in the world. First you take people's money away quietly and then you give some of it back to them flamboyantly. Votes: 0

Now is the time when men work quietly in the fields and women weep softly in the kitchen; the legislature is in session and no man's property is safe. Votes: 0

People tend to overestimate my character," I say quietly. "They think that because I'm small, or a girl, or a Stiff, I can't possibly be cruel. But they're wrong. Votes: 0

Blissfulness does not compel you to behave in any particular way. Out of bliss, I can laugh or cry; I can sit quietly or be active in the world. Votes: 0

I used to be so good at that kind of thing," Skulduggery said quietly. "Well, my morale is certainly boosted," Valkyrie informed him. "Really?" "god no. That was terrible Votes: 0

Tonight," he said, "we shall get quietly and thoroughly drunk...in memory of all that was lost. And on the morrow, I begin the struggle to win it back. Votes: 0

This almost never happens, but what is really relaxing is just being in this house all by myself, sitting quietly and watching TV. But I basically never get that chance. Votes: 0

Our essential differences from the norm are both huge and deeply offensive to those among us who wish to be quietly integrated into society without particular reference to our nature. Votes: 0

No," said Hermione shortlyHave either of you seen my copy of Numerology and Gramatica?""Oh, yeah, I borrowed it for a bit of bedtime reading," said Ron, but very quietly." Votes: 0

Why? I say, so quietly that it comes out sounding like a tiny, tired sighNobody wants to be mediocre. Her shadow on the ceiling is monstrous, a witch in profile. Votes: 0

I am learning peacefulness, lying by myself quietly, as the light lies on these white walls, this bed, these hands. I am nobody; I have nothing to do with explosions. Votes: 0

The business of the advertiser is to see that we go about our business with some magic spell or tune or slogan throbbing quietly in the background of our minds. Votes: 0

My disease is one of the best things that has happened to me; it has pulled me out of a quietly desperate life toward one full of love and hope. Votes: 0

We all of us waited for him to die. The family sent him a check every month, and hoped he'd get on with it quietly, without too much vulgar fuss. Votes: 0

I quietly declare war with the State, after my fashion, though I will still make use and get advantage of her as I can, as is usual in such cases. Votes: 0

We're both looking at the same moon, in the same world. We're connected to reality by the same line. All I have to do is quietly draw it towards me. Votes: 0

From the first time you laughed with me, all those months, and all those stories," Joe said quietly. "They were all you, to me. All of them were you. Votes: 0

I however don't go to clubs to show off and to be seen, and certainly not to make statements. I just want to be able to quietly watch a band. Votes: 0

The Rolling Stones suffered a great loss with the death of Ian Stewart, the man who had for so many years played piano quietly and silently with them on stage. Votes: 0

Like children, dogs want discipline and are most secure when they have rules to live by. The happiest dogs are those with gentle masters who quietly but firmly demand respect. Votes: 0

It's kind of cool that we've quietly been selling a million albums. We knew the album wasn't going to debut at No. 1. I'm stoked to see us being successful again. Votes: 0

The plague of racism is insidious, entering into our minds as smoothly and quietly and invisibly as floating airborne microbes enter into our bodies to find lifelong purchase in our bloodstreams. Votes: 0

No matter how irrelevant social class now is, even the most eager egalitarian must be quietly proud that the posh English rose is still an industry standard for peerlessly sophisticated beauty. Votes: 0

They have terrified my poor wife and threatened my very person!" Halt eyed the man impassivley until the outburst was finished. Worse than that," he said quietly, "they've wasted my time. Votes: 0

It is not by great acts but by small failures that freedom dies. . . . Justice and liberty die quietly, because men first learn to ignore injustice and then no longer recognize it. Votes: 0

Sometimes you move publicly, sometimes privately. Sometimes quietly, sometimes at the top of your voice. And sometimes an active policy is best advanced by doing nothing until the right timeor never. Votes: 0

Munificent nature follows the methods of the divine and true, and rounds all things to her perfect law. While nations are convulsed with blood and violence, how quietly the grass grows. Votes: 0

What were you doing with her?" I ask quietly. "Apart from questioning her about your whereabouts, I was listening to the most intriguing story about my life moonlighting as a kidnapper. Votes: 0

He raged for hours. And the skeleton, ever the frail and solelmn philosopher, hung quietly inside, saying not a word, suspended like a delicate insect within a chrysalis, waiting and waiting. Votes: 0

I hope you find what you're looking for," Micah said. "I've already stopped looking," Damon said quietly. "It's kind of hard to look for something you've stopped believing in. Votes: 0

The line between confidence and arrogance is very fine, Josh," Flamel said quietly. "And the line between arrogance and stupidity even finer. Sophie," he added, without looking at her. Votes: 0

Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer. Camp out among the grasses and gentians of glacial meadows, in craggy garden nooks full of nature's darlings. Votes: 0

The bigger the network, the harder it is to leave. Many users find it too daunting to start afresh on a new site, so they quietly consent to Facebook's privacy bullying. Votes: 0

Just as the chicken pox virus continues to live quietly in the body after the disease is gone, the god virus may live quietly in the host until something evokes it. Votes: 0

Because," he said quietly as she stood up, "until you walked into it, this was an ordinary garden." Puzzled, Elizabeth tipped her head. "What is it now?" "Heaven. Votes: 0

Miracles happen quietly every day - in an operating room, on a stormy sea, in the sudden appearance of a road side stranger. They are rarely tallied. No one keeps score. Votes: 0

When one compares the talents one has with those of a Leibniz , one is tempted to throw away one's books and go die quietly in the dark of some forgotten corner. Votes: 0

In elementary school, in case of fire you have to line up quietly in a single file line from smallest to tallest. What is the logic? Do tall people burn slower? Votes: 0

That's sad," said Montag, quietly,(referring to The Hound) "because all we put into it is hunting and finding and killing. What a shame if that's all it can ever know. Votes: 0

Capitalism, racism and inhuman technocracy quietly develop in their own way. The causes of misery are no longer to be found in the inner attitudes of men, but have long been institutionalized. Votes: 0

The actor playing Lee got really irritated. He tried to escape by turning, running, or twisting and talking or yelling above the voice of the illness, but the illness didn't sit quietly. Votes: 0

The artist, busy and unsettled, can find a moment's peace - and even whole-being rejuvenation - by quietly attuning to a red sky, a gray sky, a black sky, a blue sky. Votes: 0

Journey quietly on your pathway to forever with charity & a smile. When you depart it will be said by all that your legacy was a better world than the one you found. Votes: 0

Capitalism, racism and inhuman technocracy quietly develop in their own way. The causes of misery are no longer to be found in the inner attitudes of men, but have long been institutionalized. Votes: 0

He sounds exactly like Moody," said Harry quietly, tucking the letter away again inside his robes. "'Constant vigilance!' You'd think I walk around with my eyes shut, banging off the walls.... Votes: 0

You must dare to disassociate yourself from those who would delay your journey... Leave, depart, if not physically, then mentally. Go your own way, quietly, undramatically, and venture toward Trueness at last. Votes: 0

The greatest problem is not with flat-out white racists, but rather with the far larger number of Americans who believe intellectually in racial equality but are quietly oblivious to injustice around them. Votes: 0

Calm assertive energy is the energy you project to show your dog you are the Pack Leader. Assertive does not mean angry or aggressive. Calm-assertive means always compassionate, but quietly in control. Votes: 0

Children who have proven themselves to be incorrigible by the age of twelve should be quickly and quietly beheaded, lest they grow to maturity, marry, and perpetuate the likeness of their being. Votes: 0

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. And however undramatic the pursuit of peace, the pursuit must go on. Votes: 0

An absolute joy to read - it stimulates and engages. Westney is asking new questions not addressed elsewhere . . . and you will be drawn in by the author's inviting, yet quietly compelling style. Votes: 0

Instead of always asking how to get others to approve of you... learn to ask: What do I really want, the applause of the crowds or to quietly have my own life? Votes: 0

Many Chess players were surprised when after the game, Fischer quietly explained: 'I had already analyzed this possibility' in a position which I thought was not possible to foresee from the opening Votes: 0

I think I was really bored at school. I was quietly clock watching for years. I went to 10 schools because my dad was in the Army and we moved around a lot. Votes: 0

I love to sit and eat quietly and enjoy each bite, aware of the presence of my community, aware of all the hard and loving work that has gone into my food. Votes: 0

One begins by plaguing oneself to no purpose in order to be true to nature, and one concludes by working quietly from one's own palette alone, and then nature is the result. Votes: 0

Above all, be at ease, be as natural and spacious as possible. Slip quietly out of the noose of your habitual anxious self, release all grasping, and relax into your true nature. Votes: 0

If you find yourself worrying, go outside, take three breaths, address a tree and quietly say, 'Thank you.' If you can't find a tree, a dandelion will do... Nature is magic. Votes: 0

Max: "You'll never be good enough to deserve her, you know." Ash: "God doesn't always give you what you deserve," Ash said quietly. "Sometimes he gives you what you can't live without. Votes: 0

The reins of government have been so long slackened, that I fear the people will not quietly submit to those restraints which are necessary for the peace and security of the community. Votes: 0

If I had quietly retired as governor in 2007 and went into banking or something of that nature, I would have been, at most, a footnote in the story and probably never mentioned. Votes: 0

The meek are those who quietly submit themselves to God, to His Word and to His rod, who follow His directions, and comply with His designs, and are gentle toward all men. Votes: 0

I'm surprised you know that," I say quietly, " since you left halfway through my one and only fight." "It wasn't something I wanted to watch." he says. What's that supposed to mean? Votes: 0

The trouble with progress is that it tends to happen slowly and quietly. It's not necessarily going to shout about itself, or make the nightly news like a disaster or a scandal would. Votes: 0

We sit and talk quietly, with long lapses of silence, and I am aware of the stream that has no language, coursing beneath the quiet heaven of your eyes, which has no speech. Votes: 0

When you sit quietly and look inside, things that seem so difficult on the outside become a lot easier to digest. Concerns that might've caused a lot of anxiety just come and go. Votes: 0

The reason con artists get away with what they get away with is, their victims are ashamed of their own blindness and their own gullibility, and they tend to just quietly go away. Votes: 0

A terminal diagnosis can really mess with your head. Honestly, it makes you want to run away to the moon. Many ALS patients want to fade away quietly. This was not for me. Votes: 0

Just opening quietly for moments everyday can create a path by which life can reach us, the way rain carves a little stream in the earth by which the smallest flowers are watered. Votes: 0

I think it's better to burn out than to fade away... it's better to live out your days being very, very active - even if it destroys you - than to quietly... disappear. Votes: 0

Millions of Americans are standing up and saying, 'We want our country back!' Republicans, Democrats, Independents, will not go down the path of Greece, we will not go quietly into the night. Votes: 0

When the man is at home, his standing in society is well known and quietly taken; but when he is abroad, it is problematical, and is dependent on the success of his manners. Votes: 0

I stopped working a few years ago because I just lost a spark that I'd had before. I thought I'd just try writing, and maybe start directing, but I did it very quietly. Votes: 0

Ford carried on counting quietly. This is about the most aggressive thing you can do to a computer, the equivalent of going up to a human being and saying "Blood...blood...blood...blood... Votes: 0

We're all right, you know,' he says quietly. 'You and me. Okay?' My chest aches, and I nod. 'Nothing else is all right.' His whisper tickles my cheek. 'But we are. Votes: 0

Today is unique! It has never occurred and it will never be repeated. At midnight it will end, quietly, suddenly, totally. Forever. But the hours between now and then are opportunities with eternal possibilities. Votes: 0

The only way to spend New Year's Eve is either quietly with friends or in a brothel. Otherwise when the evening ends and people pair off, someone is bound to be left in tears. Votes: 0

I didn't do anything but sit quietly and pay attention to the fact that my hollow chest was still beating. I was still alive and could see that the new normal wasn't so bad. Votes: 0

When Negroes looked for the second phase, the realization of equality, they found that many of their white allies had quietly disappeared.... To stay murder is not the same thing as to ordain brotherhood. Votes: 0

Humankind has no idea what existence is, at this stage. They're all dreaming, they're all asleep... Once in a great while a fully awakened one is here, observes everybody is sleeping and leaves, quietly. Votes: 0

Losing friends and spouses is an inevitable part of aging, and many people have a tendency to go quietly into semi-isolation. Instead, set your intention on expanding and deepening the love in your life. Votes: 0

Guilt is intense. Suffocating. A brick, tied quietly around your ankles while you sleep. You never fall slowly into guilt-you wake up with little time to take your last breath before being pulled under. Votes: 0

Whatever you do in this life, take time to sit quietly and let the world tell you what it needs from you. Take a moment to honestly understand what your gifts are-you have them. Votes: 0

Tom Hanks is a huge superstar. And people tell me he's a very nice guy, not arrogant, not an entitlement guy. But very quietly, Mr. Hanks has become a left-wing power player in Hollywood. Votes: 0

A brook can be a friend in a special way. It talks to you with splashy gurgles. It cools your toes and lets you sit quietly beside it when you don't feel like speaking. Votes: 0

I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain top, but like child stringing beads in kindergarten, - happy, absorbed and quietly putting one bead on after another. Votes: 0

You're important," Nicholas interrupted quietly catching her face and turning her to peer at him. "You're the most important thing in the world to me Jo. I love you. Let me have this moment. Votes: 0

Harry," she said quietly, "I know you must be angry." I burn things to ash and smash holes in buildings when I'm angry," I said. "I'm a couple of steps past that point right now. Votes: 0

People tend to box little girls in. They teach them to sit properly and stand quietly and not attract attention. Sports is one place where girls can be free and enjoy the exhilaration of movement. Votes: 0

Here. (Zarek) What is it? (Astrid) Arsenic and vomit. (Zarek) Really? And yet you managed to hack that up so quietly. Who knew? Thanks. I've never had vomit before. I'm sure it's extra special. (Astrid) Votes: 0

Would you trust him with your life, Halt?" Gilan interrupted, and Halt looked up at him. "Yes," he said quietly. Gilan patted his shoulder once more. "Then trust him with his own," he said simply. Votes: 0

Whereas the truth is that the State in which the rulers are most reluctant to govern is always the best and most quietly governed, and the State in which they are most eager, the worst. Votes: 0

As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making one of the best possible contributions to a world in turmoil. Votes: 0

My Real Children starts quietly, then suddenly takes you on two roller-coaster rides at once, swooping dizzily through a double panorama and ending in a sort of super Sophie's Choice. A daring tour de force. Votes: 0

In a quiet place, close your eyes, take a deep breath, and go inward. Place your attention on your heart, in the center of your chest. Sit quietly and easily let your attention remain there. Votes: 0

We don't realize how much the NFL is quietly drifting towards flag football. During the '80s, part of the defense's goal was to put the fear of God into offensive players... that's fading away. Votes: 0

Libraries really are wonderful. They're better than bookshops, even. I mean bookshops make a profit on selling you books, but libraries just sit there lending you books quietly out of the goodness of their hearts. Votes: 0

It's like being a newborn, this sudden sensory overload of noise, color, smells and gravity after months of quietly floating, encased in relative calm and isolation. No wonder babies cry in protest when they're born. Votes: 0

Natalie Bakopoulos has that rare gift, the ability to imagine a traumatic historical event in the form of individual lives and ordinary details. The Green Shore is compelling, personal, and full of quietly real moments, Votes: 0