There were many things they simply didn't talk about: between them, silence was not so much a form of evasion as a way for solitary people to exist in a family. (Nicole Krauss)

There were many things they simply didn't talk about: between them, silence was not so much a form of evasion as a way for solitary people to exist in a family.

Nicole Krauss

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