"There is a music for lonely hearts nearly always. If the music dies down there is a silence. Almost the same as the movement of music. To know silence perfectly is to know music."

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Source: Carl Sandburg (2003). “The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg”, p.410, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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Carl Sandburg

Poet, Biographer

Carl Sandburg was an American poet and biographer known for his vivid portrayals of American life and his work 'Chicago Poems'.

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