Silence is so steadfast, you know. It is so ample, after all.

Alice Fulton
Silence is so steadfast, you know. It is so ample,...
Silence is so steadfast, you know. It is so ample,...
Silence is so steadfast, you know. It is so ample,...
Silence is so steadfast, you know. It is so ample,...
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The quote by the man who wrote Hamlet, “Silence is so steadfast, you know. It is so ample, after all.” conveys a deep appreciation for the magnificence of the moment and the wisdom of being still. In this quotation from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Claudius attempts to quash Ophelia’s feelings of love by telling her to be quiet. Ophelia is a young woman who has been deeply affected by a tragedy in her family and she is struggling with her feeling for Hamlet.

She must be silent, he tells her, or she will have to suffer the consequences. But Ophelia refuses to be silenced and she tells him that being silent would only cause her more pain. If she allows herself to struggle with her grief, she says, she will only make herself feel worse.

Instead of speaking up for what she believes in, Ophelia allows herself to sit in silence while others around her do all the talking.

Source: The Nightingales Of Troy: Stories Of One Familys Century

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