Quiet

Famous quotes containing the word quiet:

“The extra worry began it—on the
Blue blue mountain—she never set foot
And then and there. Meanwhile the host
Mourned her quiet tenure. They all stayed chatting.
No one did much about eating.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)

“I could be well content
To entertain the lag end of my life
With quiet hours.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still air of delightful studies.”
—John Milton (1608–1674)