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I was silent. Because so many others have kept silent, the temptation is great … to shift the blame onto the collective guilt, or to talk about oneself only figuratively in the third person: He was, saw, did, said, he kept silent.
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The brief inscription meant for me reads: 'I kept silent'.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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October 16, 1927
Died:
April 13, 2015
(aged 87)
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