Hush Quotes

• When the sparrow sings its final refrain, the hush is felt nowhere more deeply than in the heart of man.

  Don Williams

  Loneliness, Being Alone, Heart

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• In particular I may mention Sophocles the poet, who was once asked in my presence, How do you feel about love, Sophocles? are you still capable of it? to which he replied, Hush! if you please: to my great delight I have escaped from it, and feel as if I had escaped from a frantic and savage master. I thought then, as I do now, that he spoke wisely. For unquestionably old age brings us profound repose and freedom from this and other passions.

  Plato

  Love, Plato, Passion

  Plato (1866). “The Republic of Plato, translated into English, with an introduction, analysis, and notes. By J. Ll. Davies and D. J. Vaughan”, p.3

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• The aspects of patriotism that hush dissent, encourage going along, and sanction comfortable distancing and compliance with what is indecent and unacceptable... those aspects are too fundamental to ignore or gloss over.

  Bernardine Dohrn

  Patriotism, Fundamentals, Sanctions

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• A hush is over everything, Silent as women wait for love; The world is waiting for the spring.

  Sara Teasdale

  Spring, Waiting, World

  Sara Teasdale (1937). “Collected poems”

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• I like the evening in India, the one magic moment when the sun balances on the rim of the world, and the hush descends, and ten thousand civil servants drift homeward on a river of bicycles, brooding on the Lord Krishna and the cost of living.

  James Cameron

  Rivers, Cost Of Living, Magic Moments

  James Cameron (1968). “What a way to run the tribe: selected articles, 1948-67”

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• Keep in mind that people change, but the past doesn't.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Past, People, Mind

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.218, Simon and Schuster

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• If nobody said anything unless he knew what he was talking about, a ghastly hush would descend upon the earth.

  A. P. Herbert

  Life, Learning, Science

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• You smell good, too,” said Patch It’s called a shower.” I was staring straight ahead. When he didn’t answer, I turned sideways. “Soap. Shampoo. Hot water.” Naked. I know the drill.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Smell, Water, Hot

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2012). “Hush, Hush”, p.63, Simon and Schuster

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• When you awaken in the morning's hush
  I am the swift uplifting rush
  Of quiet birds in circled flight.
  I am the soft stars that shine at night.
  Do not stand at my grave and cry;
  I am not there, I did not die.

  Mary Elizabeth Frye

  Uplifting, Morning, Stars

  Mary Elizabeth Frye, “Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep”

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• The reader becomes God, for all textual purposes. I see your eyes glazing over, so I'll hush.

  David Foster Wallace

  Eye, Purpose, Reader

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• Humans are vulnerable, because they’re capable of being hurt.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Hurt, Vulnerable, Hush Hush

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• Don't blame me. Tell your mom to move closer. Tell her there's this new club called civilization and you guys should join.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Mom, Moving, Civilization

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.39, Simon and Schuster

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• Tacos." "Tacos?" I echoed. This seemed to amuse him. "Tomatoes, lettuce, cheese." "I know what a taco is!

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Tomatoes, Tacos, Cheese

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2012). “Hush, Hush”, p.121, Simon and Schuster

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• I take my job seriously, which means I'm going to need to get acquainted with the subject matter on a personal level.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Jobs, Mean, Needs

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.271, Simon and Schuster

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• You possess other people's...bodies." He accepted that statement with a nod. "Do you want to possess my body?" "I want to do a lot of things to your body, but that's not one of them.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  People, Body, Want

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• Let’s be honest, Nora. You’ve got it bad for me." His eyes held a lot of depth. "And I’ve got it bad for you.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Eye, Depth, Honest

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.242, Simon and Schuster

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• Patch wasn't the kind of guy mothers smiled on. He was the kind of guy they changed the house locks for.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Mother, House, Guy

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.169, Simon and Schuster

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• You can call me Patch. No really. Call me.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Hush Hush, Patches, Call Me

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• She'll kill me if she finds you in here. Can you climb trees? Tell me you can climb a tree!" Patch grinned, "I can fly.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Tree, Hush Hush, Patches

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.271, Simon and Schuster

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• Say 'provoking' again. Your mouth looks provocative when you do.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Romance, Looks, Mouths

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2014). “Hush, Hush Parts 1 & 2: includes Hush, Hush and Crescendo”, p.24, Simon and Schuster

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• You’re a guardian angel now.”.... I’m your guardian angel,” he said. “I get my very own guardian angel? What, exactly, is your job description?” “Guard your body.” His smile tipped higher. “I take my job seriously, which means I’m going to need to get acquainted with the subject matter on a personal level.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Jobs, Mean, Angel

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• Nature, like a loving mother, is ever trying to keep land and sea, mountain and valley, each in its place, to hush the angry winds and waves, balance the extremes of heat and cold, of rain and drought, that peace, harmony and beauty may reign supreme.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Beauty, Mother, Peace

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage (1887). “History of Woman Suffrage”

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• Time says hush: by the gong of time you live. Listen and you hear time saying you were silent long before you came to life and you will again be silent long after you leave it, why not be a little silent now? Hush yourself, noisy little man. Time hushes all: the gong of time rang for you to come out of the hush and you were born. The gong of time will ring for you to go back to the same hush you came from. Winners and losers, the weak and the strong, those who say little and try to say it well, and those who babble and prattle their lives away, time hushes all.

  Carl Sandburg

  Life, Strong, Men

  Carl Sandburg (2015). “Honey and Salt”, p.74, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• And anyway, the first three letters in the word diet should tell you what I want it to do.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Three, Letters, Want

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.55, Simon and Schuster

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• I nibbled my lower lip. "If you could see into my past just by touching my back, you'd have a hard time resisting the temptation too." "I have a hard time keeping my hands off you without that added bonus.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Past, Hard Times, Hands

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.295, Simon and Schuster

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