When I pronounce the word Future, the first syllable already belongs to the past. When I pronounce the word Silence, I destroy it. (Wisława Szymborska)

When I pronounce the word Future, the first syllable already belongs to the past. When I pronounce the word Silence, I destroy it.

Wisława Szymborska

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