All this human noise assaults my mind.

 All this human noise assaults my mind. My desire for silence, of course, will never be taken seriously—why would it be? If they were to take my wish for silence seriously, they’d also have to confront their own addiction to noise. If I were to ask, “Would you please be quiet?” they’d answer, “So what should we do then? Just sit here and stare at each other?” And I could never tell them that yes, that is precisely what they should do—because they would never understand that I actually mean it.