“Silence is the winding-sheet of the past: it is sometimes impious, often dangerous to raise it. But even when it is raised piously and lovingly, the first moment is a cruel one.”

Original: Le silence est le linceul du passé: il est quelquefois impie, souvent dangereux de le soulever. Mais même lorsqu'on le soulève pieusement et avec amour, le premier moment est cruel. — Warns that revisiting the past, however tenderly, first wounds before it consoles. · Les Confidences, 1849 (French)

• Memory
• Past
• Silence