I adore silence - and abhor telephones (which are just nasty little digital snitches). Catherine, have you read Anathem by Neal Stephenson? There's a brief part about a monk who is normally an articulate and gifted public speaker in front a of a polite crowd but who is rendered into a self-conscious, stuttering mess by less polite crowds armed with chirping mobile phones and other interruptions.
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No! I will seek it out! Thank you!