Only their efforts to make him talk failed. he would say one word at a time, if pressed, but seemed happier not to and could not be made to repeat a whole line. Gradually, as his family learnt how to anticipate his few needs and how to respond, they ceased to notice his silence -his manner of communication seemed full and rich enough to them: he no more needed to converse than Aunt Mira's cat did.
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If you cannot understand me in my speech, how can you understand me in my silence?
Best of the conversations are sometimes made in silence..
Volumes are spoken when nothing is being said.
When silence become silent, it speaks silently but loudly
Dissociation appears to be... the internal mechanism by which terrorized people are silenced.
My silence doesn't mean I don't know what goes around me, but what goes around me don't deserve my words.
real silence is silence without words, silence that speak words in silence and silence that talks better than words
It's been said that actions speak louder than words. Sometimes, it's what you don't say or do, that sends the loudest message.
The Silence of the Final GoodbyeI knew you best from the silences,The time and space in between,The moment before our lips touched,The way your arms went up in the air before you laughed,The smile that we shared before we talked,The redness on your face before your tears,The sensation of your arms around me after you released the embrace.The look you gave me before you walked away,Nothing had ever been so painful,No words could say what your eyes told me,When I wake in the morning without you,It__ the first thing I hear_The silence of the final goodbye.
The only response to stupidity and ignorance was silence