Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing…

William S. Burroughs
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Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing. ✨ William S. Burroughs (1989). The Job: Interviews with William S. Burroughs, Penguin Group USA
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