“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?”
“You tell yourself that noise is what defines silence. Without noise, silence would not be golden. Noise is the exception. Think of deep outer space, the incredible cold and quiet where your wife and kid wait. Silence, not heaven, would be reward enough.”
“The silence is screaming out for noise.”
“Silence before being born, silence after death: life is nothing but noise between two unfathomable silences.”
“There was a click. There was a noise like a partridge. There was a thud.There was silence.”