We are each of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak, unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole room, and be handed down to posterity with all the eclat of a proverb.
Jane AustenIt was a gloomy prospect, and all that she could do was to throw a mist over it, and hope when the mist cleared away, she should see something else.
Jane AustenMr. Knightley, if I have not spoken, it is because I am afraid I will awaken myself from this dream.
Jane Austen