Keep not thou silence,
O God:
hold not thy peace,
and be not still...
-Psalm 83
"In the end, there can be only a dread silence,
a silence which itself is a heartfelt cry to God:
Why, Lord did you remain silent?"
-Pope Benedict XVI at Auschwitz, 2006
"It is when from the innermost depths of our being
... we cry out for an answer
and it is not given us --
it is then that we touch
the Silence of God."
-from Simone Weil
