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.
It is likewise to be observed that this society hath a peculiar chant and jargon of their own, that no other mortal can understand, and wherein all their laws are written, which they take special care to multiply.
Of a truth, men are mystically united: a mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one.
Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.
Karl Marx was right, socialism works, it is just that he had the wrong species
Nothing is secure. That is my message. Nothing can be secure, because a secure life will be worse than death. Nothing is certain. Life is full of uncertainties, full of surprises - that is its beauty! You can never come to a moment when you can say, "Now I am certain." When you say you are certain, you simply declare your death, you have committed suicide.
If you and I are to live religious lives, it mustn't be that we talk a lot about religion, but that our manner of life is different. It is my belief that only if you try to be helpful to other people will you in the end find your way to God.
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