Me gustas cuando callas porque estás como ausente,
y me oyes desde lejos, y mi voz no te toca.
"I Like for You to be Still" (Me Gustas Cuando Callas), p. 37.
Veinte Poemas de Amor y una Canción Desesperada (Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair) (1924)
“It was nice to hear the voices of little children at play, provided you took care to be far enough away not to hear what they were actually saying.”
Source: Hogfather
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