Not a word passes between us, not because we have nothing to say, but because we don't have to say anything
Interpretation
Silence can often signify a deep understanding and comfort between individuals, rather than a lack of communication.
This quote expresses the idea that true companionship and relationships can thrive in comfortable silence. It suggests that when two people share a deep bond, they do not need to fill every moment with words; instead, their presence and understanding of one another are enough to convey their feelings. Such silence reflects a profound connection that transcends the need for verbal expression.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of emotional connections in friendships.
You're gutless. It's how you were made. And that's not such a bad thing because your saving grace is that you've never lied to yourself about it. Not about that. Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence. But when a coward stops remembering who he is... God help him.
There was brotherhood between people who had fed from the same breast, a kinship that even time could not break. - Amir
I don't outline at all; I don't find it useful, and I don't like the way it boxes me in. I like the element of surprise and spontaneity, of letting the story find its own way.
And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.
Perspective [is] a luxury when your head [is] constantly buzzing with a swarm of demons.
The desert weed lives on, but the flower of spring blooms and wilts.
I'll be damned if I want most folks out there to do unto me what they do unto themselves.
I think that when you invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself.
Jealousy - that jumble of secret worship and ostensible aversion.
People do not get married planning to divorce. Divorce is the result of a lack of preparation for marriage and the failure to learn the skills of working together as teammates in an intimate relationship.
I don't accept subtractive models of love, only additive ones. And I believe that in the same way we need species diversity to ensure that the planet can go on, so we need this diversity of affection and diversity of family in order to strengthen the ecosphere of kindness.
Redefine what it means to be sexy and what it means to be a woman. Showing my skin is not what makes me sexy. I like skirts and dresses just like everyone else, but I had a message I needed to put out there. It was up to me to show people and young girls there was another way.
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