"Silence. Nobody understands why I hate it so much. Nobody understands the ringing that consumes my ears the instant quiet settles over me. The way all of the worst memories that I spend every waking moment fighting down come flooding back to me. Silence is not a friend, but a tormenter. It finds you, it hunts you, then it traps you in a corner, screaming the most vile things at your mind. Regrettably, silence is a way of life. And life has a way of following you wherever you go." - me