Dennis SharpeShe looked at him like it physically hurt her not to speak, and yet she stayed silent.
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She looked at him like it physically hurt her not to speak, and yet she stayed silent. It is just as much a physical pain for the speaker to remain silent as it is for the listener to have no one to speak with.
Source: First Boy
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