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In a democratic society, the only treason is silence.

In a democratic society, the only treason is silence.

Anna Quindlen
Silence, Democratic, Treason
Anna Quindlen (2004). “Loud and Clear”, p.102, Random House

Grief remains one of the few things that has the power to silence us.

Anna Quindlen
Grief, Silence, Funeral
Anna Quindlen (2004). “Loud and Clear”, p.157, Random House

Grief remains one of the few things that has the power to silence us. It is a whisper in the world and a clamor within. More than sex, more than faith, even more than its usher death, grief is unspoken, publicly ignored except for those moments at the funeral that are over too quickly, or the conversations among the cognoscenti, those of us who recognize in one another a kindred chasm deep in the center of who we are.

Anna Quindlen
Sex, Grief, Silence
Anna Quindlen (2004). “Loud and Clear”, p.157, Random House

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