Noises Quotes

“Song of myself
Now I will do nothing but listen,
To accrue what I hear into this song, to let sounds contribute toward it.

I hear bravuras of birds, bustle of growing wheat, gossip of flames,
clack of sticks cooking my meals,
I hear the sound I love, the sound of the human voice,
I hear all sounds running together, combined, fused or following,
Sounds of the city and sounds out of the city, sounds of the day and night,
Talkative young ones to those that like them, the loud laugh of
work-people at their meals,
The angry base of disjointed friendship, the faint tones of the sick,
The judge with hands tight to the desk, his pallid lips pronouncing
a death-sentence,
The heave'e'yo of stevedores unlading ships by the wharves, the
refrain of the anchor-lifters,
The ring of alarm-bells, the cry of fire, the whirr of swift-streaking
engines and hose-carts with premonitory tinkles and color'd lights,
The steam-whistle, the solid roll of the train of approaching cars,
The slow march play'd at the head of the association marching two and two,
(They go to guard some corpse, the flag-tops are draped with black muslin.)

I hear the violoncello, ('tis the young man's heart's complaint,)
I hear the key'd cornet, it glides quickly in through my ears,
It shakes mad-sweet pangs through my belly and breast.

I hear the chorus, it is a grand opera,
Ah this indeed is music--this suits me.”
― Walt Whitman

“It is strange how loud little sounds become when you are in the dark and doing something wrong.”
― Richard Llewellyn, How Green Was My Valley

“Beware; satan visits you by the noises of negatively minded people. Hear, but don't act on it!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Daily Drive 365

“After watching the house for a few days, she had concluded that the magician lived alone, but you never knew if someone had a secret lover stashed away. Or a very loud pet. That time with the peacock, for instance. Noisy birds, peacocks.”
― Yoon Ha Lee, Conservation of Shadows

“Sound.
Noise
the air employs.
Melodies sweet.
Tweet, tweet, tweet.
Soft. Loud.
A roaring crowd.
Cluck. Caw. Crow.
Tet, tet. Tis, tis.
Guttural growl.
Harrowing howl.
Drip, drip, drip.
Tap, tap, tap.
Moan and groan.
Endless drone.
Ding, dang, dong.
A church bell song.
Vibrations in my ear
to hear.
Sound.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year

“Music is an equation of noises and I fucking damn like noises... I die for one more noise.”
― Deyth Banger, Chapter-Z

“People who adore the noises of action can die of boredom with the silence of inaction!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Clocks and watches he ficed with marvelous delicacy and precision, but he paid no attention to them; he had grown as obliviously accustomed to their many small noises as someone grows to the sound of waves who has always lived by the sea.”
― Tennessee Williams, The Mysteries of the Joy Rio

“I listen to the grinding whir of the clock, and the creaking of my listing bed, and the sound the phone doesn't make when it's shut off.”
― Michael Montoure, Counting From Ten

“He wandered toward West 132 Street and followed the noises of the night.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“I do not let my smart phone rule my life with notifications and noises.”
― Steven Magee

“It was an old house far from other people, and they were there specifically to make it less drafty and miserable. It would be stranger if there were no odd noises and eerie feelings.”
― Thomm Quackenbush, The Curious Case of the Talking Mongoose

“The wet slapping noise comes again, followed by a thick gurgling gasp. Vera squeezes her eyes shut so tight that they ache and she grips her quit hard, and she decides that the time has come to be as brave as she can, because if she isn't brave it will get her.”
― Sarah Gailey, Just Like Home

“The noises at night made Zana’s chest ache like someone was pressing their foot against her ribs.”
― Ardin Patterson, Feral