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"The silence was part of the story I wanted to tell."
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"I believed my story would be helpful to young women my daughter's age, who are still in the process of forming themselves as women, and in need of encouragement to remain true to themselves."
Woman
"Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger; I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been too painful."
Experience
"I compromised my ability to tell my story, at the most basic level."
Ability
"The vehemence with which certain critics have chosen not simply to criticize what I've written, but to challenge my writing this story at all, speaks of what the book is about: fear of disapproval."
Fear
"Teach a child to play solitaire, and she'll be able to entertain herself when there's no one around. Teach her tennis, and she'll know what to do when she's on a court. But raise her to feel comfortable in nature, and the whole planet is her home."
Home
"If a man wishes to truly not be written about, he would do well not to write letters to 18-year-old girls, inviting them into his life."
Life
"I continued to protect him with my silence."
Silence
"A person who deserves my loyalty receives it."
Loyalty
"The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn."
Parenting
"I believe every one of us possesses a fundamental right to tell our own story."
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"When you are truly silent, the whole existence speaks to you."
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"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."
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"Every person interprets the silence that surrounds him or her. The eternal silence of the universe that we exist in is terrifying because it forces each of to ask what our purpose is, why are we here, and what should I do?"
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Personal Development
"Silence might be a shout for the truth. It might be the speech that someday, in its truest, most uncontaminated, unadulterated state, all will be revealed."
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Personal Development
"I couldn't think of anything that didn't sound trivial, so I just nodded."
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Personal Development
"Silence is the best music when you are in need of silence and music is the best silence when you are in need of music!"
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Personal Development
"Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts."
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"Sometimes You Just Gotta Stay Silent Cause No Words Can Explain The Shit Thats Going On In Your Mind And Heart."
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Personal Development
"I was thinking lots of things, but most of them needed to stay thoughts, not words."
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Personal Development
"Be silent, but let your silence become the loudest message of love and compassion."
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Personal Development
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