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INTERVIEWER: (After an awkward silence) And how do you see the future?
PROFUNDO: I wait for it to come and then look at it (laughs).

— Bernard MacLaverty The Great Profundo and Other Stories (1987)

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A bird's-eye view does not see the truth.

Lamb (1980)

"It concentrates the mind wonderfully knowing that this [life] is all we can expect."

The Great Profundo and Other Stories (1987)

"There's not much you can do in this world without people getting to know."

The Great Profundo and Other Stories (1987)

It is disconcerting to find that an acquaintance considers you his best friend, his soul mate, but I could do nothing about it.

The Great Profundo and Other Stories (1987)

"I always say that a man with one language is like a man with one eye."

Lamb (1980)

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To sin by silence, when we should protest,
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Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.

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There are times when good words are to be left unsaid out of esteem for silence.

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I think television has betrayed the meaning of democratic speech, adding visual chaos to the confusion of voices. What role does silence have in all this noise?

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