It has been said that silence is a powerful weapon; in a quite different sense it has a terrible power when wielded by those who are loved. It increases the anxiety of the one who waits.
 Marcel Proust, The Guermantes Way (1920). copy citation

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Author Marcel Proust
Source The Guermantes Way
Topic silence love
Date 1920
Language English
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Note Translated by Mark Treharne
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