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1 " She wears it so beautifully doesn’t she, her pain… Always smiling, always positive…. always happy to help… It’s like a garment perfectly tailored to fit the way she carries it… with a touch of grace… and the quietness of that sad smile…. All so you’d never know how heavy it really was. "
― Ranata Suzuki
2 " Its quietness was the quietness of strength. And the eyes were those of one who had walked through many a dark valley without flinching. "
― Madeleine Brent , Stranger at Wildings
3 " Every lake belongs to the quietness desired by the swans. "
― Munia Khan
4 " I think of the quietness of Julian’s voice as he said I love you, the steadiness of his rib cage rising and falling against my back, as we sleep.I love you, Julian. But the words don’t come. "
― Lauren Oliver , Requiem (Delirium, #3)
5 " She was tranquil, but it was with the quietness of exhausted grief, not of resignation; and she looked back upon the past, and awaited the future, with a kind of out-breathed despair. "
― Ann Radcliffe , The Italian, or the Confessional of the Black Penitents. a Romance. by Ann Radcliffe, ... in Three Volumes. ... the Second Edition. Volume 1 of 3
6 " He sat for a long time and thought to himself that he wished he knew how to pray, yet he knew, untaught, how by abandonment of himself to let the quietness take hold of him. "
― Elizabeth Goudge , The Dean's Watch
7 " When some give you advice, say 'thank you'. Then, you must seek the quietness of your spirit for a reflection and direction. "
― Lailah Gifty Akita , Think Great: Be Great! (Beautiful Quotes, #1)
8 " I was overcome by the simplicity of the brook and abandoned my envy and desire for bravery, and simply prayed: “Lord, give me the quietness of the waters of this little brook and like it I will amalgamate myself in thee! "
― Luís Alexandre Ribeiro Branco , Small Portion
9 " I love the quietness of the library, the gateway to knowledge, to the French language and medieval history and hydraulic engineering and fairy tales, learning in a very primitive form: books, something that's quickly giving way to modern technology. "
― Mary Kubica , Pretty Baby
10 " Learning to listen relationally, listen with cool heads and clear boundaries, listen with the quietness of the heart and the gentleness of the body, means having a self so developed it can afford to yield. "
― Terrence Real , How Can I Get Through to You?: Closing the Intimacy Gap Between Men and Women
11 " I went to visit Alcatraz years ago when I was on tour with the Pistols, and I really liked the atmosphere of the place. I genuinely, really, thoroughly enjoyed the whole morning there. I just liked the quietness and stillness of what is basically a cruel prison complex. I still found some kind of joy in that. That's how I am. "
12 " Prayer is commission. Out of the quietness with God, power is generated that turns the spiritual machinery of the world. When you pray, you begin to feel the sense of being sent, that the divine compulsion is upon you. "
