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Roy’s cry of horror filled of the universe, more horrible for the indifferent silence that swallowed it up.

— Parke Godwin Waiting for the Galactic Bus (1988)

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The smaller the man, the larger his power fantasies.

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Hell might be a strain, she concluded, but you couldn’t beat it for the new and different or the interesting men.

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The soul that perpetually overflows with kindness and sympathy will always be cheerful.

Hell, there’s no mystery between men and women, except why some poor damn fool like me ain’t figured that out yet.

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Honor thy stereotypes, the authors of thy thinking, for without them, thou wouldst have to see.

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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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