Famous quotes containing the word quiet:
“Young soul put off your flesh, and come
With me into the quiet tomb,
Our bed is lovely, dark, and sweet;
The earth will swing us, as she goes,
Beneath our coverlid of snows,”
—Thomas Lovell Beddoes (18031849)
“O Death, rock me asleep,
Bring me to quiet rest,
Let pass my weary guiltless ghost
Out of my careful breast.”
—George Boleyn (d. 1536)
“When the whole world is writing letters, its easy to lap into the quiet within, tell the story of an hour, keep alive the narrating inner life. To be alone in the presence of ones thought is not a value, only a common practice.”
—Vivian Gornick (b. 1935)
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