I turn off the radio, listen to the quiet. Which has its own rich sound. Which I knew, but had forgotten. And it is good to remember.

—Elizabeth Berg in Open House

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It feels strange to see him; it's been a while. I feel as though I need to meet him all over again.

—Elizabeth Berg in Range Of Motion

How is it that we dare to honk at others in traffic, when we know nothing about where they have just come from or what they are on their way to?

—Elizabeth Berg in Talk Before Sleep

There is incredible value in being of service to others. I think if many of the people in therapy offices were dragged out to put their finger in a dike, or take up their place in a working line, they would be relieved of terrible burdens.

—Elizabeth Berg

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Cultivate quietness in your speech, in your thoughts, in your emotions. Speak habitually low. Wait for attention and then your low words will be charged with dynamite.

—Elbert Hubbard

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Censuring Joseph Stalin at a public meeting, Soviet premier Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was interrupted by a voice from the audience. "You were one of Stalin's colleagues," shouted the heckler. "Why didn't you stop him?"
"Who said that?" roared Khrushchev. There was an agonizing silence in the room. Nobody dared moved a muscle. Then, in a quiet voice, Khrushchev said, "Now you know why.

—Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes

Money… buys privacy, silence. The less money you have, the noisier it is; the thinner your walls, the closer your neighbors.… The first thing you notice when you step into the house or apartment of a rich person is how quiet it is.

—Fran Lebowitz

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The time in our own life when we came closest to being convinced by silence was one time at sea in a light fall of snow. We heard nothing—no gravel, no wind, no waves, no wolves, no bell buoy. It was convincing and it was beautiful.

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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

—Henry David Thoreau

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