“Now more than ever, 33 Himmel Street was a place of silence, and it did not go unnoticed that the Duden Dictionary was completely and utterly mistaken, especially with its related words. Silence was not quiet or calm, and it was not peace.”
“Silence is peace, silence is quiet, silence is calming, silence is what you can be.”
“There are times when silence is better than any other words in the dictionary...”
“The silence lingers and we soak it up like a good steam. Men like silence. We believe in it. We crave it. To us, silence is equal to peace and synonymous with quiet. Thus the common gender-specific phrase uttered by men in homes throughout the world, usually in the evening and on weekends: “Can I please get some peace and quiet, please?”
“Silence is more eloquent than words.”
“And the peace which I always found in the silence and emptiness of the moors filled me utterly”