Sarah Dessen Quotes About Silence

Quotes about: Silence

• Silence is so freaking loud

  Sarah Dessen

  Inspirational, Silence, Loud

  "Just Listen". Book by Sarah Dessen, April 6, 2006.

• But I saw Blake earlier and he said he and Nate were taking off for an overnight business thing. So..." "... you're just going to jump their fence and their pool," I finished for her. Silence. Then Jamie said, "It's twenty-five degrees! In December! Do you know what this means?" "The apocalypse?

  Sarah Dessen

  Mean, Silence, Twenties

• I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late: again, I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extended my hand, whatever the outcome. "Okay," he said. He took a breath. "What would you do, if you could do anything?" I took a step toward him, closing the space between us. "This," I said. And then I kissed him.

  Sarah Dessen

  Heart, Hands, Space

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.262, Penguin

• There's something nice about the silence of a car ride in the dark, going home. When you were tired of the radio and conversation, and it was okay to just be alone with your thoughts and the road ahead. If you're that comfortable with someone, you don't have to talk.

  Sarah Dessen

  Nice, Home, Tired

  "What Happened To Goodbye". Book by Sarah Dessen, May 10, 2011.

• and I wondered if, in the end, this is how all disputes are settled, with a shared silence as things become equal. You take something from me, I take something from you. We all want balance, one way or another.

  Sarah Dessen

  Silence, Balance, Want

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.240, Penguin

• But as i lay there, it only seemes like silence filling my ears. And the thing was, it was so freaking loud.

  Sarah Dessen

  Silence, Ears, Loud

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “Just Listen: A Novel”, Viking Childrens Books

• See for me, it’s immediate. Silence is so freaking loud.' This seemed either deep or deeply oxymoronic. I wasn’t sure which.

  Sarah Dessen

  Silence, Loud, Silence Is

  Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.147, Penguin

• Really? Screaming?” He shrugged. “It wasn’t that bad. But there were definitely some freak-outs on both sides. Though, to be honest, the silence was worse.” “Worse than screaming?” I said. “Much,” he said, nodding. “I mean, at least with an argument, you know what’s happening. Or have some idea. Silence is… it could be anything. It’s just –” “So freaking loud,” I finished for him. He pointed at me. “Exactly.

  Sarah Dessen

  Mean, Ideas, Silence

  Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.161, Penguin

• Once, this had been the life I’d wanted. Even chosen. Now, though, I couldn’t believe that there had been a time when this kind of monotony and silence, this most narrow of existences, had been preferable. Then again, once, I’d never known anything else.

  Sarah Dessen

  Believe, Silence, Kind

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.217, Penguin

• The silence wasn't like the ones I'd known lately, though: it wasn't empty as much as chosen. There's a entirely different feel to quiet when you're with some-one else, and at any moment it could be broken. Like the difference between a pause and an ending.

  Sarah Dessen

  Differences, Broken, Silence

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.70, Penguin

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