"It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description.. seem to demand silence, like a love affair you can
never talk about..
 For a while after, you fumble for words, trying vainly to assemble
 a private narrative, an explanation, a comfortable way to frame where you’ve been and what’s happened.
In the end, you’re just happy you were there..
with your eyes open...and lived to see it."