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Reticence Quotes

... I was often, later on, to act out with Giaconda a circumspection I did not feel: her abundance made others reticent; her openness evoked discretion. Shirley Hazzard
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "I am naturally reticent. I should be ashamed, whatever I was..."
I am naturally reticent. I should be ashamed, whatever I was suffering, to disclose my pain to another. W. Somerset Maugham
These Americans, under their forthcoming manner, their surface-gush, as some might call it, have an odd reticence about what goes on underneath. Edith Wharton
Karhiders discuss sexual matters freely, and talk about kemmer with both reverence and gusto, but they are reticent about discussing perversion - at least they were with me. Excessive prolongation of the kemmer period, with permanent hormonal imbalance toward the male or the female, causes what they call perversion; it is not rare; three or four percent of adults may be physiological perverts or abnormals - normals, by our standard. They are not excluded from society, but they are tolerated... Ursula K. Le Guin
Whence came I, whither go I? Science cannot tell us a word about why music delights us, of why and how an old song can move us to tears. Science is reticent too when it is a question of the great Unity – the One of Parmenides – of which we all somehow form part, to which we belong. The most popular name for it in our time is God – with a capital ‘G’. Whence come I and whither go I? That is the great unfathomable question, the same for every one of us. Science has no answer to it. Erwin Schrodinger
When it comes to letting the world in on the secrets of his heart, he has about as much shrinking reticence as a steam calliope. P. G. Wodehouse
John Ashbery quote: "The summer demands and takes away too much. /But night, the..."
The summer demands and takes away too much. /But night, the reserved, the reticent, gives more than it takes John Ashbery
Rickie had a young man's reticence. He generally spoke of "a friend," "a person I know," "a place I was at." When the books of life is opening, our readings are secret, and we are unwilling to give chapter and verse. Mr Pembroke, who was halfway through the volume, and had skipped or forgotten the earlier pages, could not understand Rickie's hesitation. E. M. Forster
Pardon all runners, All speechless, alien winds, All mad waters. Pardon their impulses, Their wild attitudes, Their young flights, their reticence. When a message has no clothes on. How can it be spoken. Thomas Merton
He never labored so hard to learn a language as he did to hold his tongue, and it affected him for life. The habit of reticence? of talking without meaning? is never effaced. Henry B. Adams
She was a dark, unenduring little flower - yet he thought he detected in her some quality of spiritual reticence, of strength drawn from her passive acceptance of all things. In this he was mistaken. F. Scott Fitzgerald
E. M. Forster quote: "The affections are more reticent than the passions, and their..."
The affections are more reticent than the passions, and their expression more subtle. E. M. Forster
Lisa Guerrero quote: "There's that initial reticence for some athletes to take you..."
There's that initial reticence for some athletes to take you seriously. Lisa Guerrero
William E. Gladstone quote: "It is not a life at all. It is a reticence, in three volumes."
It is not a life at all. It is a reticence, in three volumes. William E. Gladstone
I'm reticent to say much more, but we would like to begin in the coming year. We'd like to shoot through the seasons because of the passage of time. This project is the great love of my life. Madeleine Stowe

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