from a "click and hope" photographer

22/03/07



“Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart.”
~Phyllis McGinley~

9 comments:

dot said...

Yes, I do agree with that 100%.

Ruth, I looked at your sky blog today and your pictures on there are absolutely beautiful!

Petunia's Gardener said...

Yes, you are right. Funny, I just called my mother today. Nothing particular to discuss, but I thought she'd like a call.

Sheila said...

How true.
There is not much worse than being ignored or not spoken to.

Annie said...

I'm actually of the opinion that words can hurt worse than silence. But then I've never been truly shunned and I have felt inundated by words, words, words. Maybe it's all perspective, which one seems the worst.

RUTH said...

I think Annie that many quotes and sayings are relevant only at certain times or to certain people; many even contradict themseves...eye for an eye - turn the other cheek. At the present time this one is very relevent to my life.
Dot; thanks for your comment about my sky blog. Still got so many to post from last year! I do get a bit snap happy as far as the sky is concerned but can't bear to leave any out! Very often I think I'm posting doubles but it's just that I took one after another of the same bit of sky!

CG said...

I'm with you on the silence hurting more. How painful it can be to wait for the call that never comes (or the text!)or those awful silences which neither one will break :(

Icarus said...

And there are silences that are beautifully full of meaning, because no words are necessary....Yes, it is relative. Silence when words, or just contact, is needed is highly destructive.
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Memories Catcher said...

Yes, I do agree with that 100%.

Libbys Blog said...

This is so true. I noticed it when my father died suddenly in 1982 aged 57!!

Tenderness contains an element of sadness. It is not the sadness of feeling sorry for yourself or feeling deprived, but it is a natural situation of fullness. You feel so full and rich, as if you were about to shed tears. Your eyes are full of tears, and the moment you blink, the tears will spill out of your eyes and roll down your cheeks. In order to be a good warrior, one has to feel this sad and tender heart. Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche