Happily we bask in this September sun which illuminates all creatures.
~ Henry David Thoreau in AUTUMN: FROM THE JOURNAL OF HENRY D. THOREAU
A tourist spending the night in a small New England Town joined a group sitting on the porch of the general store. After several vain attempts to start a conversation asked, "Is there a law against talking in this town."
"No law against it," said one old timer. We just like to make sure it's an improvement on silence."