“The desert has its holiness of silence, the crowd its holiness of conversation.”
Walter Elliot (1842–1928) American priest
“Conversation in its true meaning isn't all wagging the tongue; sometimes it is a deeply shared silence.”
— Robertson Davies, book The Rebel Angels
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Robertson Davies282
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