So it always is: when you escape to a desert the silence shouts in you…

Graham Greene
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So it always is: when you escape to a desert the silence shouts in your ear. ✨ Graham Greene (1973). The Collected Edition: The quiet American
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So it always is: when you escape to a desert the silence shouts in your ear. ✨ Graham Greene (1973). The Collected Edition: The quiet American

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