“What silence rules the ghostly hoursThat guard the close of human sleep!(“The Testimony of the Suns”)”
“Close my eyes just for tonight the sun still sleeps”
“On balance, I’d say I prefer performing in front of a few thousand adoring women, but ‘Security Guard at the Castle of the Damned’ comes a pretty close second. I should be fine, as long as there are no ghosts.”
“Till her appointed course be run;Till on the darkness faint her breathFlown to the silent void, and DeathSit crowned upon the ashen sun.(“The Testimony of the Suns”)”
“First, silence makes us pilgrims. Secondly, silence guards the fire within. Thirdly, silence teaches us to speak.”
“True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.”