Perhaps your own reiterated cries deafen you to the voice you hoped to hear

“The Future is, of all things, the thing least like eternity. It is the most tem…”

“Blowed if I ain't all in a muck sweat,' said the Giant, puffing like the larges…”

“The typical expression of opening Friendship would be something like, 'What? Yo…”

“Aim at Heaven and you will get Earth 'thrown in': aim at Earth and you will get…”