“I gotta use words to talk to you.”

“Well here again that don't applyBut I've gotta use words when I talk to you.”

“I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.”

“If the lost word is lost, if the spent word is spentIf the unheard, unspokenWord is unspoken, unheard;Still is the spoken word, the Word unheard,The Word without a word, the Word withinThe world and for the world;And the light shone in the darkness andAgainst the Word the unstilled world still whirledAbout the center of the silent Word.Oh my people, what have I done unto thee.Where shall the word be found, where shall the wordResound? Not here, there is not enough silence”

“Lord, I am not worthyLord, I am not worthybut speak the word only.”

“The word within a word, unable to speak a word”

“So I find words I never thought to speakIn streets I never thought I should revisitWhen I left my body on a distant shore.”