When I think back to then, from out of this sepulchral silence, I am aware of a ceaseless hubbub of voices… — John Banville
When I think back to then, from out of this sepulchral silence, I am aware of a ceaseless hubbub of voices loudly saying things no one seemed in the least inclined to listen to. It was the Age of Statements.
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