It was the same way with silence. This was more than silence. A deaf person can feel vibrations. Here there was nothing to feel.
Interpretation
This quote illustrates the profound absence of communication and connection that can exist beyond just silence.
In this quote, Madeleine L'Engle explores the concept of silence not merely as an absence of sound, but as a deeper emotional experience that signifies a complete lack of connection or understanding. She emphasizes that while silence can hold meaning through vibrations or the feelings it evokes, there are moments when the silence is so profound that it feels empty, leaving one isolated and without any perceivable sensations or connections.
In practice
Using this quote in a speech about the importance of emotional connections in relationships.
Truth is what is true, and it's not necessarily factual. Truth and fact are not the same thing. Truth does not contradict or deny facts, but it goes through and beyond facts. This is something that it is very difficult for some people to understand. Truth can be dangerous.
George MacDonald gives me renewed strength during times of trouble--times when I have seen people tempted to deny God--when he says, "The Son of God suffered unto death, not that men might not suffer, but that their sufferings might be like his.
If you don't recount your family history, it will be lost. Honor your own stories and tell them too. The tales may not seem very important, but they are what binds families and makes each of us who we are.
I never want to lose the story-loving child within me, or the adolescent, or the young woman, or the middle-aged one, because all together they help me to be fully alive on this journey, and show me that I must be willing to go where it takes me, even through the valley of the shadow.
The minute we begin to think we have all the answers, we forget the questions.
When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.
Time in dreams is frozen. You can never get away from where you've been.
The cause and root of nearly all evils in the sciences is this-that while we falsely admire and extol the powers of the human mind we neglect to seek for its true helps.
In my years, I had the opportunity to observe peoples and countries. I see some countries doing well, others failing, and my analysis of things is that whether you fail or succeed is a function of your value system.
We are a continent of refugees, and if you say we can't integrate refugees, that's not consistent with our values, even if borders cannot be wide open.
These decrees of yours are no different from spiders' webs. They'll restrain anyone weak and insignificant who gets caught in them, but they'll be torn to shreds by people with power and wealth.
Insects sting, not from malice, but because they want to live. It is the same with critics; they desire our blood not our pain.
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