the holiness of silence

"We sit silently and watch the world around us.

This has taken a lifetime to learn.

It seems only the old are able to sit next to one another

and not say anything and still feel content.

The young, brash and impatient, must always

break the silence. It is a waste, for silence is pure

. Silence is holy. It draws people together because

only those who are comfortable with each other

can sit without speaking. This is the great paradox."
— Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook)

*via thresca

Silence is golden

“Don’t you hate that? Uncomfortable silence.

Why do we feel it’s necessary to talk about bull in order to feel comfortable?

That’s when you know you’ve found somebody really special.

When you can just shut the hell up for a minute

and comfortably share a silence.”

-Pulp Fiction

*via coldhearted