Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

Charles Simic
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  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 Charles Simic
  1. A true confession: I believe in a soluble fish.

  2. One writes because one has been touched by the yearning for and the despair of ever touching the Other.

  3. Poetry: three mismatched shoes at the entrance of a dark alley.

  4. In their effort to divorce language and experience, deconstructionist critics remind me of middle-class parents who do not allow their children to play in the street.

  5. Poetry is an orphan of silence.

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