Elizabeth Bowen Quotes

Silence is of different kinds, and breathes different meanings.

Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.

The words that are coming out of my mouth and how I mean them, it's so much different.

It's a difficult competition against silence, because silence is a perfect language, the only language which says with no words.

Something's that written out is okay, but it's not always a clear indication of what a person means.

I have no message.

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

You say it best, when you say nothing at all.

You can't be silent and create silence in being silent. So you have to create silence or, rather, the effect of silence, through words.

Tone is everything.

Even silence is so articulate at times.

one does not only wish to be understood when one writes; one wishes just as surely not to be understood.

Silence is our enemy, and sound is our weapon.

The same words come from each mouth differently.

I am interested in silences

True silence is really endless speech.

We hear nothing so clearly as what comes out of silence.

Why must one talk? Often one shouldn't talk, but live in silence. The more one talks, the less the words mean. (Nana Kleinfrankenheim, Vivre Sa Vie)

The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories.

How quiet the writing, how noisy the printing.

Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply.

Words are the part of silence that can be spoken.

Somewhere we know that without silence, words lose their meaning.

You know, two people can say exactly the same words, saying the same story, and it would mean something entirely different.