" There was, indeed, no life. Stillness and silence ruled here. In fact Tiffany, who cared a lot about getting words right, would have said it was a hush, which is not the same as silence. A hush is what you get in cathedrals at midnight. "

― Terry Pratchett , A Hat Full of Sky (Discworld, #32; Tiffany Aching, #2)