“She knew … everything. She had no words for what she knew.”

— Sheri S. Tepper

Source: The Visitor (2002), Ch. 40 : at ogre's gap
Context: She knew... everything. She had no words for what she knew. The pause became anticipatory silence. There were no words she could use for the reality and truth and understanding she had been given.

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