“Silence can bring with it a vacancy that in its turn craves the distraction of the human voice or the obscuring impact created...by music. These distractions can help to stifle the terror of being abandoned to the silence of the noisy mind.”

Juliet Nicolson

Juliet Nicolson - “Silence can bring with it a vacancy...” 1

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