It is always tempting to try to shut out the suffering that is an inescapable part of the human condition, but once it has broken through the cautionary barricades we have erected against it, we can never see the world in the same way again.

First, silence makes us pilgrims. Secondly, silence guards the fire within. Thirdly, silence teaches us to speak.

One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989.

Janet who said excellent! in answer to everything and drank coffee from a pink mug that said Janet.

Written By Donna Tartt

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