Quietest People Loudest Minds

The room stayed silent while the storm raged inside. Outwardly still, almost invisible. Inwardly the thoughts crashed and sparked without pause—arguments, inventions, entire conversations that never left the skull. People called them quiet. They never heard the volume. The loudest minds rarely need an audience. They already have one, permanent and private, running at full power behind a calm face.
The quietest people are hosting concerts no one else can hear.
Silence on the outside. Stadium noise on the inside.
Don’t mistake a closed mouth for an empty head.