Suffering In Silence Gifts

'Don't worry - You'll get used to the charley horses in a few years.'

"They haven't said two words to each other—it's sad... I hope we don't end up like that." "They keep talking to each other—it's exhausting... So glad we don't have to do that."

"You'd think he hated music by the way he tortures it."

Trappist Monk Discord

"Oh good, more time alone for quiet reflection."

Buster Keaton

"Have you tried barking at the moon?"

'It's a sign of the times, a high rise block of caves reserved for hermits.'

A neutral observer.

"Autumn already? O.K., I'll come down."

Another great new year's eve! We're not doing anything, Ames. That's what's so good about it. The Dixons asked us over for a Quaker new year. They pop the bottles at 9 p.m. I guess

"They're on a silent retreat."

'That sure was a disaster of a first date!'

Large Print Librarian.

Computer with moon screensaver

"If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it — who cares?!"

It was so quiet in town the residents took to taking chairs to the corner so they could watch the traffic lights change.

'They made him take a vow of silence so he'd have to stop complaining about his oath of poverty.'

Post Office Worker.

"As a single diner, you will be seated at an awkward table by the restrooms where your lonely presence won't bother other diners."

"What a lot of people don't realize is that I actually enjoy an incredibly rich interior life."

'I know you live a life of quiet desperation -- you never shut up about it!'

"Very good! Let's try it again. . . this time a little more assertively!"

'Is it something I SAID?'

"Oh, the pain I can take—it's the awkward silence between conversations that's torture."

'Not while I am the librarian.'

It turns out nobody has anything to say.

"Hmm...I don't like it - it's too quiet..."

Noise abatement society - Hush.

'He doesn't have enough friends to join the Facebook Generation.'

Suddenly a hush descended. She turned slowly. I could sense a certain tension, like an overwrought teakettle at the edge of its scream.

Introverts Anonymous

"Could I interest you in a silver lining?"

'They made him take a vow of silence so he'd have to stop complaining about his oath of poverty.'

Monk at monastery walks by sign ??" In Case of Fire: Break vow of silence.