Silence

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There is a silence where hath been no sound,
There is a silence where no sound may be,
In the cold grave-under the deep, deep sea.

Thomas Hood

Silence

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Topic

Silence Death

Author

Thomas Hood

Source

Silence

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1827 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Hood, Thomas. "Silence." The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur and Other Poems. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green/Philadelphia: E. Littell, 1827.

Current Citation

Hood, Thomas. "Silence." Selected Poems of Thomas Hood. Harvard University Press, 1970.

That's when you know you've found somebody really special. When you can just shut the fuck up for a minute and comfortably share silence.

Pulp Fiction

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Topic

Comfortable silence Silence Relationships

Speaker

Mia Wallace

Actor

Uma Thurman

Source

Pulp Fiction

Medium

Film

Genre

Neo-noir Crime (film) Crime

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Pulp Fiction. Directed by Quentin Tarantino, A Band Apart/Jersey Films, 1994.

These be
Three silent things:
The falling snow... The hour
Before the dawn... The mouth of one
Just dead.

Adelaide Crapsey

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Topic

Silence

Author

Adelaide Crapsey

Source

Triad

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1915 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Crapsey, Adelaide. "Triad." Verse. Manas Press, 1915.

Current Citation

Crapsey, Adelaide. "Triad." Complete Poems and Collected Letters of Adelaide Crapsey, edited by Susan S. Smith. State University of New York Press, 2016.

I drank the silence of God from a spring in the woods.

Georg Trakl

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Topic

Silence Stillness Solitude The forest

Author

Georg Trakl

Source

De Profundis Gedichte

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

German

Time

1912 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 0

Original Citation

Trakl, Georg. "De profundis." Gedichte. Contumax, 1913.

Current Citation

Trakl, Georg. "De profundis." To the Silenced, translated by Will Stone. Arc Publications, 2005.

The true call of the desert, of the mountains, or the sea, is their silence-free of the network of dead speech.

Freya Stark

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Topic

Wilderness Solitude Silence

Author

Freya Stark

Source

Perseus in the Wind

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Statement Type

Man and nature

Language

English

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Stark, Freya. Perseus in the Wind. London: John Murray, 1948, ch. 1.

I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

Job

Job 40:4

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Topic

Shutting up Silence God and man

Speaker

Job

Source

Book of Job The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

500 BC 500s BC 6th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 40:4).

Uncomfortable silences. Why do we feel it’s necessary to yak about bullshit in order to be comfortable?

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Topic

Uncomfortable silence Silence

Speaker

Mia Wallace

Actor

Uma Thurman

Source

Pulp Fiction

Medium

Film

Genre

Neo-noir Crime (film) Crime

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Pulp Fiction. Directed by Quentin Tarantino, A Band Apart/Jersey Films, 1994.

Silence is the virtue of a fool.

Francis Bacon

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Topic

Silence Fools

Author

Francis Bacon

Source

The Advancement of Learning

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

1605 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Bacon, Francis. The Advancement of Learning. London: Oxford: Rob Youn and Ed Forrest, 1605, bk. 6, ch. 3, no. 31.

Current Citation

Bacon, Francis. "The Advancement of Learning." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 6, ch. 3, no. 31.

Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.

Samuel Beckett

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Topic

Silence is golden Silence Words Language

Author

Samuel Beckett

Source

Vogue

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Beckett, Samuel. "Samuel Beckett Talks About Beckett." Vogue, Dec. 1969.

The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes-ah, that is where the art resides!

Artur Schnabel

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Topic

Silence The space between

Author

Artur Schnabel

Source

Chicago Daily News

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1958 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Schnabel, Artur. Quoted in Chicago Daily News. 11 June 1958.