Quiet Time Advocate Prints

'You need to play quieter. Pretend your cars are hybirds.'

"They sent us home early today... the teachers needed some quiet time!"

'I wish those kids would keep the noise down, I can't even hear myself think!'

"Tell me about your fear of speaking."

"Too crowded. Let's go."

"To be honest, I don't mind the cold, and being an introvert, and slightly antisocial, I really treasure the quiet time when the others have flown south..."

Proud of herself for "never owning a tv" Emily watches eight episodes of a mediocre tv show on her laptop while in bed.

"You are still here."

Book Me!

She required plenty of personal space.

Noise Pollution

"You go ahead and sleep, girl. I’m sure Philip Roth won’t be offended."

Man reads a book while seated in a loveseat as a cat peers over the seat at him.

"He's so into social media that he's become anti-social."

Holiday-Cancelling Headphones

Cyber Dream

Sitting in the dark and not talking for two hours - the cinema was one of their favourite dates yet.

"I'd say hi to my favorite teacher, but I think she's enjoying some quiet remote-from-us learning."

"So, you're staying in then?"

"Not now, Matthew. This is Daddy's quiet-desperation time."

Off Duty sign on desk.

"I've got him on vibrate."

"Personally, there's nothing I like better than to curl up in bed with a bad woman."

"Milo, are you feeling that Daisy is 'leaning in' more? Did you guys try any of the homework? I know, let's try not napping, can we try this? No?"

"... but this is Emily Dickinson and that's a car alarm!"

Old man in pub threatening the live band with CS gas

"There are rumours going round that you have a home lift."

'That's where he goes to regain his sanity.'

'Are you taking a nap?. . . Ok, I'll be really quiet. . . I'll just be reading the paper. . . Hon?. . . Just checking to see if you were asleep.'

'Okay, you can see him now. But you must promise not to wake him.'

"Hey, Eli, would you and your little friend mind getting as far away from me as humanly possible?"

'Like to read, huh? Me, too. I'm a big reader. I just finished a book by Brown. you know Dan Brown? Great writer...'

"She also sits up there so she doesn't have to talk to anyone."

Zerotasking

"There goes Daddy to the park again! And do you know what he does in the park? He sits! That's what he does. He sits! He goes to the park and just sits!"