“I have heard the languages of apocalypse, and now I shall embrace the silence.”
“I have never heard a more eloquent silence.”
“I have heard no word of my own language; I am rendered dumb.”
“Reality prior to my language exists as an unthinkable thought. . . . life precedes love, bodily matter precedes the body, and one day in its turn language shall have preceded possession of silence.”
“I heard silence, silence infinite as the bottom of the ocean, a silence that sealed.”
“How sweet is that? I know I'm no boy expert, but I have heard entire lectures on reading body language, and I have to say that assuming that a person will have forgotten your name is way high on my "indicators of humbleness" list (not that I have one, but I totally have a starting point now).”