Quiet is here and all in me. ("Dress of White Silk")

Silence is not quiet.

A silent mouth is sweet to hear

Have you ever heard the wonderful silence just before the dawn? Or the quiet and calm just as a storm ends? Or perhaps you know the silence when you haven't the answer to a question you've been asked, or the hush of a country road at night, or the expectant pause of a room full of people when someone is just about to speak, or, most beautiful of all, the moment after the door closes and you're alone in the whole house? Each one is different, you know, and all very beautiful if you listen carefully.

There is nothing more harrowing than a deadly hush with the feel of a great noise around it

The classroom fell quiet, a long heavy silence that roared in Roy's ears like a train.