“Virtue is similar to silence. Simply, because we know what it is, but we can't fully explain it by using words.”

“Occasionally in life we come upon things we can't understand, because we have never seen anything similar.”

“The words you can't find, you borrow.
We read to know we're not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone.”

“What difference does it make, whether we keep our silence because [they] force us or because we're afraid they might force us?”

“Litmus test: If you can't describe Ricardo's Law of Comparative Advantage and explain why people find it counterintuitive, you don't know enough about economics to direct any criticism or praise at "capitalism" because you don't know what other people are referring to when they use that word.”

“words are like nets - we hope they'll cover what we mean, but we know they can't possibly hold that much joy, or grief, or wonder.”

“We are so used to releasing words. We don't know what to do with them if they stay.”

“We admire people to the extent that we cannot explain what they do, and the word "admire" then means "marvel at."”

“And if we know how to light a fire, why do we carry tinder around with us?"

Because you're humans," the little one explained serenly. "You're stupid.”

“Lord knows what incommunicable small terrors infants go through, unknown to all. We disregard them, we say they forget, because they have not the words to make us remember.”