On these quiet, idyllic barrier islands that together form a natural scoop for the shelled mollusks that roll in from the West and the South, shelling is, more than anything else, a way of life.
I had been scared that the mere fact of the subject being broached between us would lower barriers — within him, within me; against suicide, against a quiet kind of patricide — barriers whose existence I didn't even want to think about, because to acknowledge them would be to confront the impulses they guarded against.
Keith had reason to feel bitter about the way he was sometimes treated in football, especially when he started out, but he never succumbed to bitterness and preferred to try to break down barriers with quiet dignity, character, humour and a smile".
To quiet concern about trade barriers in the automobile industry, China agreed last month to allow the United States' Big Three automakers to send it about 15,000 cars and trucks over the next couple of years as well as more than $1 billion in parts from General Motors.
The minimalism of the director Michael Grandage's aesthetic — Paule Constable's eloquent lighting does most of the quiet scene-setting — eliminates all barriers between the emotional atmosphere of the play and the audience.
But all will be dwarfed when our quiet determination results in fewer barriers and more resources for all children, including those with disabilities.
Sadiq Khan's affirmation that "London is Open" never rang more true than of a city worker spinning out of his head and starting on ticket barriers on a quiet Monday night.
Here is a quiet truth, that of sympathy across barriers of time and medium.
Tirza admits, in his quiet, confident, barely inflected voice, that the barrier "is something that will apparently last for many years," becoming the "reference line" for any peace talks, even if not the final line.
