Cette citation est attribuée à Alphonse de Lamartine, extraite de son œuvre 'Méditations poétiques' (1820), recueil emblématique du romantisme français.
"O silence, you are terrifying! terrifying like the calm of the ocean that allows the gaze to plunge into its unfathomable abysses; you let us see within ourselves depths that cause dizziness, infinite, unquenchable needs, treasures of suffering and regret."