" An absolute hush covered everything. I felt that everyone had abandoned me. I took refuge in the lifeless universe. A relationship was established among the cycle of nature, the deep darkness that had descended on my soul, and me. This silence is a language that is incomprehensible to mortals. The intensity of the intoxication made me dizzy; I felt like vomiting. My feet began to give out and I felt extremely weary. I walked into the graveyard on the side of the road and sat on a tombstone. I held my head in my hands, puzzled about my situation when, suddenly the echo of a dry, repulsive laughter jolted me back into reality. "
― Sadegh Hedayat , The Blind Owl