R. S. Thomas - Silence Quotes

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What was the shell doing,
on the shore? An ear endlessly
drinking?
What? Sound? Silence?
Which came first?
Listen.

R. S. Thomas

The darkness
is the deepening shadow
of your presence; the silence a
process in the metabolism
of the being of love.

R. S. Thomas

Was he balked by silence? He kneeled long,
And saw love in a dark crown
Of thorns blazing, and a winter tree
Golden with fruit of a man's body.

R. S. Thomas

In the silence
that is his chosen medium
of communication and telling
others about it
in words. Is there no way
not to be the sport
of reason?

R. S. Thomas

God is that great absence
In our lives, the empty silence
Within, the place where we go
Seeking, not in hope to
Arrive or find.

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The silence holds with its gloved hand the wild hawk of the mind.

R. S. Thomas