“A gentle silence descended on them, suggestive of the flow of time.”
“We are certainly descendents of the sea for our tears are salted and when we shed them on the jowl of time, the sea that has always been within us flows on our face. ”
“Let the leaves flow through the gentle stream, let them illustrate the beauty of their own.”
“A bruised silence descended on the van.”
“The remainder of the afternoon went by in the gentle gloom that descends when relatives appear . . .”
“Quiet descended, a silence so consuming that even the drafty corridors ceased whistling. Bog wasn't certain where to look, so he solved the problem by plucking out his eyes and sticking them in a drawer.”