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Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.

Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.

Edith Wharton
Silence, Literature, May
Edith Wharton (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated)”, p.1366, Delphi Classics

He knelt by the bed and bent over her, draining their last moment to its lees; and in the silence there passed between them the word which made all clear.

Edith Wharton
Silence, Bed, Lasts
Edith Wharton (2013). “Delphi Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated)”, p.732, Delphi Classics

What Lily craved was the darkness made by enfolding arms, the silence which is not solitude, but compassion holding its breath.

Edith Wharton
Compassion, Silence, Darkness
Edith Wharton (2016). “The House of Mirth: Edith Wharton”, p.134, VM eBooks

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