There is something hugely civilised about allowing long pauses in a conversation. Very few people can stand that kind of — James Robertson, And the Land Lay Still
There is something hugely civilised about allowing long pauses in a conversation. Very few people can stand that kind of — James Robertson, And the Land Lay Still
There is something hugely civilised about allowing long pauses in a conversation. Very few people can stand that kind of — James Robertson, And the Land Lay Still
There is something hugely civilised about allowing long pauses in a conversation. Very few people can stand that kind of — James Robertson, And the Land Lay Still
There is something hugely civilised about allowing long pauses in a conversation. Very few people can stand that kind of — James Robertson, And the Land Lay Still
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There is something hugely civilised about allowing long pauses in a conversation. Very few people can stand that kind of silence.

— James Robertson, And the Land Lay Still
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