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Warden: "Tell me about the qunari."
Sten: "No."

Dragon Age: Origins

Pablo: He only says important things, for instance...
Austin: Quicksand bad!

Alistair: You don't talk much. Like, ever. Don't you ever feel the need to make conversation?
Sten: You would prefer that I remark upon the weather before I cut off a man's head?

Dragon Age: Origins
"Abstaining from speech marks him who is obeying the spontaneity of his nature. A violent wind does not last for a whole morning; a sudden rain does not last for the whole day. To whom is it that these (two) things are owing? To Heaven and Earth. If Heaven and Earth cannot make such (spasmodic) actings last long, how much less can man!"
"The wise man speaks because he has something to say; the fool speaks because he has to say something."
—Variously attributed
"It's always the quiet ones, isn't it?"
Slade, Teen Titans

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