Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin's Quote - A thing, until it is everything, is noise, and once it is everythi

A thing, until it is everything, is noise, and once it is everything it is silence. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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