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Silence has sometimes a remarkable power of showing itself as the disembodied soul of feeling wandering without its carcase, and it is then more impressive than speech.

Thomas Hardy

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Thomas Hardy
Age: 87 †
Born: 1840
Born: June 2
Died: 1928
Died: January 28
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Dorchester
Dorset
Feeling
Disembodied
Feelings
Wandering
Power
Impressive
Soul
Showing
Without
Wander
Sometimes
Remarkable
Speech
Silence

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