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True contact between beings is established only by mute presence, by apparent non-communication, by that mysterious and wordless exchange which resembles inward prayer.

Emile M. Cioran

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Emile M. Cioran
Contact
Wordless
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Mute
Beings
Apparent
Prayer
Exchange
True
Inward
Established
Mysterious

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