The whole world talks endlessly, at any given moment there are millions of conversations going on, stories, statements, remarks, gossip, confessions, they’re spoken and heard and no one can control them. No one can foresee the explosive effect they can have, or even perceive that it happens. Because, however many words there are, however cheap and insignificant they are, very few of us are capable of ignoring them. We invest them with importance. Even if you don’t, you’ve still head them.
from A Heart So White, Javier Marías
