Pure silence

We sit silently and watch the world around us.

This has taken a lifetime to learn. 

It seems only the old are able to sit next to one another 

and not say anything and still feel content.

The young, brash and impatient, must always break the silence.

It is a waste for silence is pure. 

Silence is holy. 

It draws people together because only those who are comfortable
with each other can sit without speaking. 

This is the great paradox.

- Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook -