"A small silence came between us, as precise as a picture hanging on the wall."

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

"When gossip starts, be deaf."

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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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