Silence has sometimes a remarkable power of showing itself as the disembodied soul of feeling wandering without its carcase, and it is then more impressive than speech.
Thomas HardyHe knelt and bent lower, till her breath warmed his face, and in a moment his cheek was in contact with hers. She was sleeping soundly, and upon her eyelashes there lingered tears.
Thomas HardyI may do some good before I am dead--be a sort of success as a frightful example of what not to do; and so illustrate a moral story.
Thomas Hardy