I'll tell you, I'm afraid of silence. I'm afraid of the inhumanity that exists in silence, and I crave the humanity that will never be present in silence. Silence is unnatural. I could never sleep in silence; I would switch on the television outside and put it on mute just to hear the white noise, or turn on the dehumidifier to hear its whirring hums.

When you don't talk, I cower. The effeminate side of me emerges, I become paranoid - I would do ANYTHING for you to talk! I could built a skyscraper and jump off it and built it again, I would do it over and over and over until you pull me close and tell me, "I'm fine, I'm here."