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title: "5 Wall Silence Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing, driving a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-carol-oates/if-you-are-a-writer-you-locate-yourself-behind-a-wall-of-silence-and/)

[Joyce Carol Oates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-carol-oates/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19f/joyce-carol-oates-344_car_if-you-are-a-writer-you-locate-yourself_227339.png)

> [The wall of silence in the Interior Ministry, which protects those who are widely believed to have ordered this and similar crimes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-robbins/the-wall-of-silence-in-the-interior-ministry-which-protects-those-who/)

[Garry Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-robbins/)

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> [The wall is silence, the grass is sleep, Tall trees of peace their vigil keep, And the Fairy of Dreams with moth-wings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-rentoul-outhwaite/the-wall-is-silence-the-grass-is-sleep-tall-trees-of-peace-their/)

[Ida Rentoul Outhwaite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-rentoul-outhwaite/)

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> [“The wall of silence that exists between us is as long as the Great Wall of China. And though it’s the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/the-wall-of-silence-that-exists-between-us-is-as-long-as-the-great/)

[Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ed/jarod-kintz-2_silence_the-wall-of-silence-that-exists-between_1545023.jpg)

> [All the rest is silence On the other side of the wall, And the silence ripeness, And the ripeness all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-auden/all-the-rest-is-silence-on-the-other-side-of-the-wall-and-the-silence/)

[W. H. Auden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-auden/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/w-h-auden-856_sides_all-the-rest-is-silence-on-the-other-sid_2313157.png)

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