Only the long melancholy call to prayer, or the wail of women over the dead, or the barking of dogs, breaks the silence which at sunset falls as a pall over Baghdad.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart.
Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.
Silence is refreshment for the soul.
Great souls suffer in silence.
The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.
The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God.
Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak out.
As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some of their sad friends do say, the breath goes now, and some say no.
Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.
I don't know what silence sounds like anymore.