What Lily craved was the darkness made by enfolding arms, the silence which is not solitude, but compassion holding its breath.

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What Lily craved was the darkness made by enfolding arms, the silence which is not solitude, but compassion holding its breath. - Edith Wharton

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What Lily craved was the darkness made by enfolding arms, the silence which is not solitude, but compassion holding its breath. - Colette quotes