"He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words."

― Elbert Hubbard

"You are most powerful when you are most silent. People never expect silence. They expect words, motion, defence, offence, back and forth. They expect to leap into the fray. They are ready, fists up, words hanging leaping from their mouths. Silence? No."

― Alison McGhee,

"You gotta be careful: don't say a word to nobody about nothing any time ever."

― Johnny Depp

"Lying is done with words, and also with silence."

― Adrienne Rich

"The cruellest lies are often told in silence."

― Robert Louis Stevenson

"Silence makes idiots seem wise even for a minute."

― Carlos Ruiz Zafón,

A meaningful silence is always better than meaningless Words.

-Unknown

"you'd think that silence would be peaceful. but really, it's painful."

― David Levithan

"What we can't speak, we say in silence."

― Hillary Jordan

"Silence, too, can be torture."

― Justina Chen

"Sometimes silence can be the loudest thing."

― Ellie Mathews

My Thoughts:

  Silence can mean many things in interpersonal relationships. It's ambiguous. It can express lots of different emotions ranging from joy, happiness, grief, embarrassment to anger, denial, fear, withdrawal of acceptance or love. What it means depends on the context.  

Sometimes  Silence is far louder than words and has a lot of power  which people cannot even comprehend.