James Robertson (novelist) - And the Land Lay Still (2010)

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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

Our ability to look back on the past, our need or desire to make sense of it, is both a blessing and a curse; and our inability to see into the future with any degree of accuracy is, simultaneously, the thing that saves us and the thing that condemns us.

James Robertson