“There was a click. There was a noise like a partridge. There was a thud.There was silence.”
“I like it when it rains hard. It sounds like white noise everywhere, which is like silence but not empty.”
“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.”
“Silence is noise to the cluttered mind.”
“The silence is screaming out for noise.”
“I'd never heard any noise quite so welcome as the click that a shotgun made when it wasn't killing me.”