The Quiet WorldIn an effort to get people to lookinto each other’s eyes more, and also to appease the mutes, the government has decidedto allot each person exactly one hundred and sixty-seven words, per day. When the phone rings, I put it to my ear without saying hello. In the restaurant I point at chicken noodle soup. I am adjusting well to the new way. Late at night, I call my long distance lover, I only used fifty-nine today. When she doesn’t respond, I know she’s used up all her words, thirty-two and a third times. After that, we just sit on the line and listen to each other breathe. . Jeffrey Mcdaniel
About This Quote

The people living in the quiet world of more than one hundred and sixty-seven words a day, are becoming more creative and thoughtful individuals. By giving people more time to think and talk ,they are more conscious of what they say and how they say it. This is a good thing overall, as this awareness will lead to an increase of learning and growth of more than just language.

Source: Forgiveness Parade

Some Similar Quotes
  1. I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best. - Marilyn Monroe
  2. You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth. - William W. Purkey
  3. You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. - Dr. Seuss
  4. A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you. - Elbert Hubbard
  5. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. - Unknown
More Quotes By Jeffrey Mcdaniel
  1. Even when I'm dead, I'll swim through the Earth, like a mermaid of the soil, just to be next to your bones.
  2. The Quiet WorldIn an effort to get people to lookinto each other’s eyes more, and also to appease the mutes, the government has decidedto allot each person exactly one hundred and sixty-seven words, per day. When the phone rings, I put it to my ear...
  3. There's two kinds of women--those you write poems about and those you don't.
  4. If you heard your lover scream in the next roomand you ran in and saw his pinkie on the floor, in a small puddle of blood. You wouldn't rush to the pinkie and say, 'Darling, are you OK? 'No, you'd wrap your arms around his...
  5. The Everlasting Staircase"Jeffrey McDanielWhen the call came, saying twenty-four hours to live, my first thought was: can't she postpone her exitfrom this planet for a week? I've got places to do, people to be. Then grief hit between the ribs, said disappear or reappear more...
Related Topics