“Bring tribute from the village." But the village is gone in your flood. "That cleared site is what I want. Live in the opening where there is no door to hide behind. Be pure absence. In that state everything is essential." The rest of this must be said in silence because of the enormous difference between light and words that try to say light.”
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“There are men who fall in love with women they mistake for ideas.”
“Trust me! My silence will hurt you more than my words ever did.”
“Not all silence is rejection. Some men leave because they don’t know how to stay.”
“This isn’t a novel. It’s a remembering.”
“But I say nothing because sometimes silence is the only thing that feels good.”
“Balance is not peace — it is the eternal storm that holds peace in place.”