The pain of what happened next lives in our collective memory. It mauls our souls each day. Yet it must be told. Silence guarantees no healing. It promises that the child's life would be forgotten and that its mission might, one day, be thought significant. Silence is the enemy of history, and history is all we have. Daniel Black
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Silence is the enemy of history is a metaphor for keeping secrets from hurtful or harmful episodes from happening in the past. It is a great idea to keep these secret episodes buried in the past because if they are not deeply hidden in the past it means that they will be remembered and will cause pain and suffering for many years to come.

Source: The Coming

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