„I gotta say”—Apollo broke the silence—”these kids did okay.” He cleared his throat and began to recite: “—”Um, yes, first class,” Hermes interrupted, like he was anxious to avoid Apollo’s poetry.“

— Rick Riordan

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„Having finished his argument Stephen walked on in silence. He felt Cranly's hostility and he accused himself of having cheapened the eternal images of beauty. For the first time, too, he felt slightly awkward in his friend's company and to restore a mood of flippant familiarity he glanced up at the clock of the Ballast Office and smiled:“
— James Joyce
„I want to write a novel about Silence," he said; “the things people don’t say.“
— Virginia Woolf
„Rabbit's clever," said Pooh thoughtfully."Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit's clever.""And he has Brain.""Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit has Brain."There was a long silence."I suppose," said Pooh, "that that's why he never understands anything.“
— A.A. Milne