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White magic of the silences of snow.

— William Stanley Braithwaite The House of Falling Leaves (1908)

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Heart free, hand free,
Blue above, brown under,
All the world to me
Is a place of wonder.

The House of Falling Leaves (1908)

Eyes like a tropic night when dew
Makes the air heavy.

The House of Falling Leaves (1908)

I have seen the wonder,
I have felt the balm
Of the golden moonrise
Turn to silver calm.

The House of Falling Leaves (1908)

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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.

George Eliot

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

Benedict of Nursia

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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