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It was still quiet in the house, and not a sound was heard from outside, either. Were it not for this silence, my reverie would probably have been disrupted by reminders of daily duties, of getting up and going to school.

The silence was part of the story I wanted to tell.

I'd been shouting and shouting and no-one wanted to hear me.

I had the right to remain silent... but I didn't have the ability.

Lots of people aren't comfortable with silences. They feel they've got to fill the dead air.

I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't been able to hear.

It would have been more logical if silent pictures had grown out of the talkies instead of the other way around.

To be silent is to be passive.

It was so quiet, you could hear a pun drop.