Writing that Moves Me

This essay is about some type of writing that has moved me. I picked this quote from Nicholas Sparks' book, The Notebook. This essay elaborates on the quote and explains why it had such an effect on me as a person. 

“We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has taken a lifetime to learn. It seems only the old are able to sit next to one another and not say anything and still feel content. The young, brash and impatient, must always break the silence. It is a waste, for silence is pure. Silence is holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking. This is the great paradox.” –Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook.

            This quote moves me because it is so truthful and desirable. Teenagers, most of them anyway, have not found their certain person who they will spend the rest of their lives with. With that in mind, it is harder for people to be comfortable around people they haven’t known for a long time. We are afraid of being judged by others, so being one hundred percent comfortable with someone is not likely. Reading this quote and hearing it said in the movie gives me goose bumps. It makes me desire a feeling like that. A feeling where you are so comfortable with someone that talking is not necessary and it is more of a distraction and kind of annoying compared to silence. Being able to hear the other person’s breathing or heartbeat is sometimes more comforting than actually hearing their voice.  This is a feeling I am looking forward to having in the future. A comfort level where you know everything about the other person, so there is not anything left to talk about, nothing more is important or interesting for that matter and I cannot wait for the day where I am at this point.

When you go to visit your grandparents, it is probably really quiet in the house unless you are the one making the noise or you are the one they are talking to. This quote reminds me of my grandparents. My Grandfather is a very quiet man and does not really speak very loud or much at all, especially to my grandmother. It is not because he does not like her, it is just because he is so comfortable with her that he does not have to say anything. He does not really need to say anything unless it is a question such as, “What is for dinner?” or “Have you seen my glasses?” These questions are not very important and do not really take long to answer. It is not a really significant conversation and that is ok. For them, it is great actually. Being silent is kind of like another language. This language of silence makes talking sound really boring. Getting to this point in my life, like my grandparents, will make me so happy.

The structure of this quote is simple overall. Simple words and short sentences make it such an easy quote to understand and relate to or picture. This quote grabs your attention because it is a paradox. It even says it in the quote. It makes us try and figure out what exactly it is talking about. Once we do, it makes us enjoy what Nicholas Sparks is saying.

            This quote moves me because I have seen what Nicholas Sparks is trying to explain and it makes me want to have that feeling. It is short, simple, and too the point, which is why I like it so much.  Getting to the point in my life where I am so comfortable with someone, like how my grandparents are, that I do not have to physically speak to them, will make me so happy.