Pierre, Or The Ambiguities - pg. 237

ALL profound things, and emotions of things are preceded and
attended by Silence. What a silence is that with which the pale bride precedes
the responsive I will, to the priest's solemn question,
Wilt thou have this man for thy husband?. In silence, too,
the wedded hands are clasped. Yea, in silence the child Christ was born into the
world. Silence is the general consecration of the universe. Silence is the
invisible laying on of the Divine Pontiff's hands upon the world. Silence is at
once the most harmless and the most awful thing in all nature. It speaks of the
Reserved Forces of Fate. Silence is the only Voice of our God.