"Like a good Indian, he knew when to talk and when to remain silent. Like a good Indian, he knew there was never a good time to talk."

Silence, Culture, Restraint, Wisdom

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"Like a good Indian, he knew when to talk and when to remain silent. Like a good Indian, he knew there was never a good time to talk."

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"I was thinking lots of things, but most of them needed to stay thoughts, not words."

"No thought, no mind, no choice - just being silent, rooted in yourself."

"Shut lips, sleeping faces,Every stopped machine,The dumb and littered placesWhere crowds have been:.All silences rejoice,Weep (loudly or low),Speak-but with the voiceOf whom, I do not know."

"Silence is of different kinds, and breathes different meanings."

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"In this world, there is no such sternness like that of maintaining silence. Verbal sternness will be wasted."

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"Everyone I have lost in the closing of a doorthe click of the lockis not forgotten, theydo not die but remainwithin the soft edgesof the earth, the ashof house fires and cancerin sin and forgivenesshuddled under old blanketsdreaming their way intomy hands, my heartclosing tight like fists."

"But my grandmother wanted us to forgive her murderer."

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