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At first Babel longed for the use of just two words: Yes and No. But he knew that just to utter a single word would be to destroy the delicate fluency of silence.

Nicole Krauss
Two, Silence, Would Be
Nicole Krauss (2006). “The History of Love: A Novel”, p.115, W. W. Norton & Company
At first Babel longed for the use of just two words: Yes and No. But he knew that just to utter a single word would be to destroy the delicate fluency of silence.