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Silence is as free as speech.

by e.towhee in Six Words for America on Jul 05, 2011 | | T-shirt

Comments

Dhani says,

*Yes, including the freedom to be silent while our brothers suffer on other parts of the globe.

MakotoSakashima says,

Love this. Thanks for your tender words!

e.towhee says,

You're welcome, Makoto. I'm glad you love this memoir of mine.

footballlife55 says,

You are right - some people talk too much and don't say anything

e.towhee says,

Thank you, footballlife55, for your comment.

Dhani says,

Silence? Not when you allow atrocities to happen, like in the 1940s when the (silent) Vatican turned the other way during the Holocaust.

zuleika says,

I love this. It's something I don't think about so often. Silence can be lovely.

tonyglim says,

As a proverb says, "There is a time to speak and a time to be silent."

DynamicDbytheC says,

Silence IS as powerful as words, for good or bad as indicated from the above comments. And this is a powerful memoir.

e.towhee says,

Thank you all for your comments.

bohemdeb says,

Very powerful, and can be read many ways. Thanks for sharing.

e.towhee says,

You're welcome, bohemdeb. I'm glad you like it.

tonyglim says,

In his play THE GHOST SONATA Swedish author and playwright August Strindberg (1849-1912) wrote, "Silence cannot hide anything -- which is more than you can say for words."

Dhani says,

Memoir: years before the line became a famous song lyric, I wrote in my school book the words 'the sound of silence' & I was swiftly reprimanded by my high school English teacher for daring to express such an 'absurdity'...

e.towhee says,

Dhani, your high school English teacher obviously did not know that the phrase "the sound of silence" is not an absurdity but an oxymoron.

Dhani says,

TOW-ing the line: yes, an oxymoron!...yet silence can EMBRACE many sounds (the true meaning of the 'sound of silence)...I'm thinking of when you walk through the stillest of forests penetrated by sweet birdcalls. Peacefully 'silent'...

Dhani says,

(A silence world cannot intrude upon.)

tonyglim says,

As a Swiss proverb says, "Sometimes you have to be silent in order to be heard."

KharisJo says,

Sometimes silence is a more honourable way of defending yourself. Really like this memoir :)

e.towhee says,

Thank you, KharisJo. I'm glad you like it.