Quote by Albert Camus

The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we perceive, they carry sounds to us, occasionally a chord, never a melody.

The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resound

Summary

This quote suggests that the world is constantly filled with noise, even in moments of supposed silence. The silence we perceive is actually filled with vibrations that we are unable to hear. The sounds we do perceive only bring fragments or chords, never a complete melody. It implies that there is a vastness to the world's unseen and unheard symphony, reminding us that there is always more to the world than what meets the ear.

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