“In the silence I heard Bastet, who had retreated under the bed, carrying on a mumbling, profane monologue. (If you ask how I knew it was profane, I presume you have never owned a cat.)”

Carrying the Elephant

Variant: He says a million things without saying a word. I have never heard a more eloquent
silence.
Source: Speak

Source: Gone Girl

Source: Darkly Dreaming Dexter

Source: Dark Side of the Moon

Kim, Chapter 8 (1901).
Other works

Source: Lords and Ladies

Variant: One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. ‘Which road do I take?’ she asked. ‘Where do you want to go?’ was his response. ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it doesn’t matter.
Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

The House of Dust (1916 - 1917)