21.   Then, in his disgust, words failed him.

22.   Ultimately, words fail their speakers.

23.   What happens, though, when events obliterate preparation, when planes crash into skyscrapers and television commentators say that words fail?

24.   When other words fail, three short ones can say it all.

25.   What if, in the presence of mass media and vast systems, words fail?

26.   When words failed them, they would imitate the gestures of the performers.

27.   When words failed, I flicked on the television and let them see it.

28.   When words fail, there is always music.

29.   When words fail, the light of a candle or the taste of a food can flood the senses with something that reaches deeper than language.

30.   Words may fail us, but we talk anyway.