Under these circumstances, silence among such a large group of people is an uncomfortable thing to experience. Guilt spreads around even to those who have nothing to feel guilty about. Many held their breath. Or, as I heard later, many did what me and my mum did and closed their eyes. We closed our eyes in a bid to remove ourselves. Lloyd Jones
Some Similar Quotes
  1. Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grassthe world is too full to talk about. - Jalaluddin Rumi

  2. He shook his head, just looking at me. - "What?" I asked.- "Nothing" he said.- "Why are you looking at me like that?" Augustus half smiled. "Because you`re beautiful. I enjoy looking at beautiful people, and I decided a while ago not to deny myself... - John Green

  3. Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing the off button. Shutting it down. All of it. - Amir - Khaled Hosseini

  4. In his face there came to be a brooding peace that is seen most often in the faces of the very sorrowful or the very wise. But still he wandered through the streets of the town, always silent and alone. - Carson McCullers

  5. Non-judgment quiets the internal dialogue, and this opens once again the doorway to creativity. - Deepak Chopra

More Quotes By Lloyd Jones
  1. Now listen. Faith is like oxygen. It keeps you afloat at all times. Sometimes you need it. Sometimes you don’t. but when you do need it you better be practiced at having faith, otherwise it won’t work. That’s why the missionaries built all the churches....

  2. I had found a new friend. The surprising thing is where I’d found him — not up a tree or sulking in the shade, or splashing around in one of the hill streams, but in a book. No one had told us kids to look...

  3. As we watched the soldiers and the Rambo disappear I remember feeling preternaturally calm. This is what deep, deep fear does to you. It turns you into a state of unfeeling.

  4. Dreams are nervy things–all it takes is for one stern word to be spoken in their direction and they shrivel up and die.

  5. A Prayer was like a tickle. Sooner or later God would have to look down to see what was tickling his bum.

Related Topics