Silence is the right choice when you have nothing useful to offer.
No matter the language, the drama always ends the same way. The curtain falls on a stage bedecked with bodies and there is nothing but silence. And death holds all dominion.
I’m most comfortable with uncomfortable silence.
I know that broadcasting could get me killed, but I will not be silenced.
I am in awe. I thought one had to use wit or banter to dissuade a suitor. But simple silence is radically more effective.
Dead rats don’t squeak.