You might never have given it any thought, but words have a specific order. Cause–outcome. Beginning–ending. You can’t just arrange them any old way. When we speak, each word has to stand apart from the one before, like children lined up at the classroom door. From small to big, short to tall—the words go in a particular order. With silence, on the other hand, all words exist at once: gentle and harsh, warm and cold.
