Hanif Kureishi Quotes

Silence is the language of inertia.

All the rest is silence On the other side of the wall, And the silence ripeness, And the ripeness all.

n OthI n g can s urPas s the m y SteR y of s tilLnes s

Sometimes you have to be silent to be heard.

There are certain kinds of silence that make you walk on air.

Whispering can be a rest from a noisy world of words.

The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.

You cannot catch a child's spirit by running after it; you must stand still and for love it will soon itself return.

When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.

Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.

Sympathy is charming, but it does not make up for pain.

The dew of compassion is a tear.

It was enough just to sit there without words.

I'm not looking for sympathy at all.

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares.

I am disposed to be thus particular from the interest you take in our welfare and from the entire confidence I have in your knowing, that you will be sympathetic with us in our misfortunes.

I'm a sensitive guy. If you are a woman and you're in any kind of emotional duress and you write a song about it, I'll buy you album.

It is only after one is in trouble that one realizes how little sympathy and kindness there are in the world.

He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep.

Sympathy butters no parsnips.

If a guy is hurt, you take care of him. The Falcons didn't do that.

We should be sensitive to the thread of silence from which the tissue of speech is woven.

But there is greater comfort in the substance of silence than in the answer to a question.

Silence is like a flame, you see?