I expected to hear back from them but I never heard a 'whisper'. [=I never heard from them again]
“I've had more than I can stand,” she complained in a 'stage whisper'.
I couldn't hear what they were saying because they were 'whispering'.
(..) "There's just now, and there's just the two of us, which can be scary fucking ugly sometimes. But if you close your eyes and listen for the whisper of your heart, if you simply keep trying and never, ever give up, no matter how many times you get it wrong, until the beginning and end (..)2014 TvShow: Californication Title: Grace Season: 7 Episode 12