Famous quotes containing the words silent and/or threat:
“I love order. It’s my dream. A world where all would be silent and still and each thing in its last place, under the last dust.”
—Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)
“The influx of women into paid work and her increased power raise a woman’s aspirations and hopes for equal treatment at home. Her lower wage and status at work and the threat of divorce reduce what she presses for and actually expects.”
—Arlie Hochschild (20th century)