Silence is exhilarating at first - as noise is - but there is a sweetness to silence outlasting exhilaration, akin to the sweetness of listening and the velvet of sleep.

Quote by Edward Hoagland

Topics: Silence Quotes

In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to...

In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to...

Land of opportunity, land for the huddled masses where would the opportunity have been without...

Land of opportunity, land for the huddled masses where would the opportunity have been without...

Like a kick in the butt, the force of events wakes slumberous talents.

Like a kick in the butt, the force of events wakes slumberous talents.

True solitude is a din of birdsong, seething leaves, whirling colors, or a clamor of...

True solitude is a din of birdsong, seething leaves, whirling colors, or a clamor of...

Animals are stylized characters in a kind of old saga - stylized because even the...

Animals are stylized characters in a kind of old saga - stylized because even the...

Country people do not behave as if they think life is short; they live on...

Country people do not behave as if they think life is short; they live on...

Many people have believed that they were Chosen, but none more baldly than the Texans.

Many people have believed that they were Chosen, but none more baldly than the Texans.

The question of whether it's God's green earth is not at center stage, except in...

The question of whether it's God's green earth is not at center stage, except in...

City people try to buy time as a rule, when they can, whereas country people...

City people try to buy time as a rule, when they can, whereas country people...

North Carolina is the place you fly over on the way to Florida. Ohio is...

North Carolina is the place you fly over on the way to Florida. Ohio is...

France is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can't...

France is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can't...

A tranquil city of good laws, fine architecture, and clean streets is like a classroom...

A tranquil city of good laws, fine architecture, and clean streets is like a classroom...

Unlike most major American cities, Honolulu is geographically insulated from the rest of the country....

Unlike most major American cities, Honolulu is geographically insulated from the rest of the country....

Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.

Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.

I sometimes go back to walk through the ghostly remains of Sutton Place where the...

I sometimes go back to walk through the ghostly remains of Sutton Place where the...

History shows that male homosexuality, which like prostitution flourishes with urbanization and soon becomes predictably...

History shows that male homosexuality, which like prostitution flourishes with urbanization and soon becomes predictably...

Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.

Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.

A city is the pulsating product of the human hand and mind, reflecting man's history,...

A city is the pulsating product of the human hand and mind, reflecting man's history,...

Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.

Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.

The crowds in the big towns, with their mild, knobby faces, their bad teeth and...

The crowds in the big towns, with their mild, knobby faces, their bad teeth and...

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what...

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what...

A hundredth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there - even if...

A hundredth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there - even if...