“Silence is a deadly poison when you have no words.”
Anastacia (1968) American singer-songwriter
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Heavy Rotation (2008)
“BELLADONNA, n. In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.”
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
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