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Perhaps a huge silence might interrupt the sadness

Pablo Neruda
November 2016 (Vol. XXIX, No. 10)

If we were not so single-minded about keeping our lives moving, and could do nothing, perhaps a huge silence might interrupt the sadness of never understanding ourselves.

~ Pablo Neruda
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