“For the great void that surrounds the universe was not filled by things visible, by sun, moon or stars, but shoreless it stretched penetrating all things, severing all things, body from body, particle from particle.”
“In emptiness the trees spread out their roots and the very trees seemed empty.”
“In emptiness tottering to a phantom ruin, and empty themselves, rose ghostly temples, palaces and houses.”
“And in that waste Man moved restlessly, and he too was empty and light like unto a shadow.”
“For there was no more time, and the beginning of all things and the end thereof met face to face.”
“The sound of the builders’ hammers was still heard as they reared the edifice, but its downfall could be seen already, and behold, emptiness soon yawned over the ruins.”
“Hardly a man was born, before funeral tapers gleamed at his bier; these barely flickered an instant, and emptiness reigned in the place of the Man, the funeral tapers and the bier.”
“In the embrace of Gloom and Waste; Man trembled hopelessly with the dread of the Infinite.”
Thus spoke those who had still a desire to speak. But those who would not speak and died in silence could have probably told much more.