Shh Quotes

• Shh. Listen to the sounds that surround you. Notice the pitches, the volume, the timbre, the many lines of counterpoint. As light taught Monet to paint, the earth may be teaching you music.

  Pete Seeger

  Teaching, Light, Sound

  "How Can I Keep from Singing: Pete Seeger". Book by David King Dunaway, 1981.

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• Shh! Listen! Someone’s coming! I think — I think it might be us!

  J. K. Rowling

  Thinking, Might, Hermione

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• Shh! Don't talk with your mouth full.

  Micky Dolenz

  Labyrinth, Mouths, Rocky Horror

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• Shh,” he whispered. “You asked me if I loved you. I do. I love you more than life itself. Nothing matters in this world but that you live. Can you do that for me? Can you live?

  Elizabeth Hoyt

  I Love You More, World, Matter

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• Shh,” I say. “Arms around me.” Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I am not, not even a little bit, no.

  Veronica Roth

  Wall, Arms, Littles

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• Shh!" the guy beside me hissed again. "Blame him," I told the guy, pointing at Patch. The guy craned his neck back. "Listen," he said, facing me again. "If you don't quiet down, I'll get security." "Fine, go get security. Tell them to take him away," I said, again signaling Patch. "Tell them he wants to kill me." "I want to kill you," hissed the guy's girlfriend.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Girlfriend, Guy, Want

  "Hush, Hush". Book by Becca Fitzpatrick, October 13, 2009.

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• Shh" he said. "Look." "Where?" "Can't you see'um?" he whispered. "All the Terabithians standing on tiptoe to see you." "Me?" "Shh, yes. There's a rumor going around that the beautiful girl arrving today might be the queen they've been waiting for.

  Katherine Paterson

  Beautiful, Girl, Queens

  "Bridge to Terabithia". Book by Katherine Paterson, October 21, 1977.

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• - I hate to break this to you, Cameron, but you are only human. - Shh... I've been trying to keep that under wraps for years.

  Julie James

  Hate, Years, Trying

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• I wish I could take language And fold it like cool, moist rags. I would lay words on your forehead. I would wrap words on your wrists. 'There, there,' my words would say - Or something better. I would ask them to murmur, 'Hush' and 'Shh, shhh, it's all right.' I would ask them to hold you all night. I wish I could take language And daub and soothe and cool Where fever blisters and burns, Where fever turns yourself against you. I wish I could take language And heal the words that were the wounds You have no names for.

  Julia Margaret Cameron

  Night, Names, Wish

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• Morning," I say. "Shh," she says. "If you don't acknowledge it, maybe it will go away.

  Veronica Roth

  Morning, Going Away, Acknowledge

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• I understand Crawford paid you a visit?" "Yes." "And was he attentive?" "Yes, very." "And has your heart changed towards him?" "Yes. Several times. I have - I find that I - I find that-" "Shh. Surely you and I are beyond speaking when words are clearly not enough.... I missed you." "And I you.

  Jane Austen

  Heart, I Missed You, Enough

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• Okay. Now my skin is really prickling. I've read all the Harry Potter books, all five of them. I don't remember any half-blood prince. "What's this?" Trying to sound casual, I point at the ad, "What's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince?" "That's the latest book," Garth the other trainee, says. "It came out ages ago." I can't help gasping. "There's a sixth Harry Potter?" "There's a seventh out soon!" Diana steps forward eagerly. "And guess what happens at the end of book six-" "Shh!" exclaims Nicole, the other nurse. "Don't tell her!

  Sophie Kinsella

  Book, Blood, Nurse

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• Heath [Ledger] would walk up to a horse and could like silence the horse. Just literally he'd be like, 'Shh. Shh.' And then he'd get on the horse. I'd be like, 'I'm going to get on you.' They'd be like, 'F - off!' I didn't really have that style.

  Jake Gyllenhaal

  Horse, Silence, Style

  "10 Years After 'Brokeback,' Jake Gyllenhaal Remembers Heath Ledger: 'Way Beyond His Years as a Human'". Interview with Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 25, 2015.

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