The quiet parts of academia

I like the quiet parts of academia.
Quiet offices and libraries.
Staring out windows, the noise outside dulled by a windowpane.
Quiet reading and thinking.
(Sometimes thoughts are noisy, though.)
Quiet writing, except for the clanking of keys, of course,
but even that is punctuated by pauses.
The quiet parts are my favorite.
They’re much different from inboxes, which are quite noisy.
The best way to keep inboxes quiet is by keeping them closed.
Responding to them doesn’t seem to work. It just makes them louder.