Gwendolyn B. Bennett quotes
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“Silence is a sounding thing, To one who listens hungrily”
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“All eager-lipped I kissed the mouth of Death.”
-- Gwendolyn B. BennettSource : Gwendolyn Bennett, “Sonnet 1”
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“I want to hear the chanting Around a heathen fire Of a strange black race.”
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“I want to feel the surging Of my sad people's soul Hidden by a minstrel-smile.”
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“In the end it’s all very simple. Either we give ourselves to Silence or we don’t.”
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“Silence is so steadfast, you know. It is so ample, after all.”
Source : Alice Fulton (2010). “The Nightingales of Troy”, p.193, W. W. Norton & Company
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“Silence is the pause in me when I am near to God.”
Source : "Behind the Music: Gregorian Trap at En Noir Spring 2014" by Stelios Phili, www.gq.com. September 13, 2013.
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“Silence is not only golden, it is seldom misquoted.”
Source : Bob Monkhouse (1991). “The complete speaker's handbook”
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“Silence is worse; all truths that are kept silent become poisonous.”
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“Silence is like a flame, you see?”
Source : Interview with Charlie Rose, September 27, 2000.
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