“Most humans think the appearance of quiet is quiet. They do not see that sometimes the enemy is as quiet as the serpent. Only when it has stolen all of their eggs will they know bad walks in the quiet as well as the noisy.”
“Sometimes it is the quiet observer who sees the most.”
“Noisy. Quiet places are the noisiest.”
“How quiet the writing, how noisy the printing.”
“Life is noisy. Reading is quiet time for the soul.”
“Just as our parents quieted us when we were noisy by putting us in front of the television set, maybe we're now learning to quiet our own adult noise with Prozac. ”