Barbara Kingsolver - “The loudest sound on earth, she...”

“The loudest sound on earth, she thought, is a man with nothing to do.”

Barbara Kingsolver Prodigal Summer

Similar quotes

“The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.”

William Shakespeare

“This is a writer’s lesson: To learn that the sounds that we imagine can be the clearest, loudest sounds of all.”

John Irving

“I miss the sound of your voice, the loudest thing in my head”

Matt Nathanson

“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”

Plato

“Title: What Can a Thoughtful Man Hope for Mankind on Earth, Given the Experience of the Past Million Years? Only verse: Nothing.”

Kurt Vonnegut