Sherman Alexie Quotes

Sunset on the water ought to be a quiet and easy time, but I guess some people can't stand a little silence.

…the Lake of Shining Waters was blue — blue — blue; not the changeful blue of spring, nor the pale azure of summer, but a clear, steadfast, serene blue, as if the water were past all modes and tenses of emotion and had settled down to a tranquillity unbroken by fickle dreams.

Three quiet days. This hell fiend is like a cat with a mouse. She lets me loose only to pounce upon me again. I am never so frightened as when every thing is still.

There was no wind in all that sweep of sky.

One of the greatest sounds of them all - and to me it is a sound - is utter, complete silence.

Sometimes it was so quiet, it's frightening. It really prioritizes things.

There is such a peace out in the middle of the desert. There's nothing like it.

Each found her greatest safety in silence.

I love tranquil solitude.

When the moon shines very brilliantly, a solitude and stillness seem to proceed from her that influence even crowded places full of life.

placid, adj. Sometimes I love it when we just lie on our backs, gaze off, stay still.

True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?

The world is quiet here.

All silence is. All emptiness. And now: The dawn.

There is something about silence and being in the middle of nowhere that is really very attractive.

So it always is: when you escape to a desert the silence shouts in your ear.

Silence 'tis awe decrees.

I wanted to be calm, like a mound with all its cities destroyed, and tranquil, like a full cemetery.

One can feel calm and at ease. Just leave kids alone, please.

One of the things I like most of all is being in my study, in my barn, with absolutely no sound anywhere thinking about something. It's extremely important to me.

The silence was always the greates temptation.

Over all the mountain tops is peace. In all treetops you perceive scarcely a breath. The little birds in the forest are silent. Wait then; soon, you too, will have peace.

No voice; but oh - the silence sank Like music on my heart.

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

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