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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave What could she do, bound as she was by the tyranny of silence? She dared not explain the girl to herself...that wilfully selfish tyranny of silence evolved by a crafty old ostrich of a world for its own well-being and comfort. The world hid its head in the sands of convention, so that seeing nothing it might avoid Truth...if silence is golden it is also in this case, very expedient. - Quote by Radclyffe Hall

What could she do, bound as she was by the tyranny of silence? She dared not explain the girl to herself…that wilfully selfish tyranny of silence evolved by a crafty old ostrich of a world for its own well-being and comfort. The world hid its head in the sands of convention, so that seeing nothing it might avoid Truth…if silence is golden it is also in this case, very expedient.

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