We cannot get to our knowledge because the world is too loud. And we tend to make it louder as we cry out in pain, pretending we are singing.
— Marianne Williamson
Jerusalem is a very small town. And Bathsheba was a very loud woman. Maybe even Uriah knew.
— Joseph Heller
Gimme eat, I said," he ordered loudly in harsh tones that rumbled ominously through the silent tent like claps of distant thunder.
— Joseph Heller
Drinking can not be sacramentalised except in religions which set no store on decorum. The worship of Dionysos or the Celtic god of beer was a loud and disorderly affair.