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Jhumpa Lahiri, Unaccustomed Earth Quotes: In their silence they continued both to protect me and to punish me. The memory of that night was now the only tie between us, eclipsing everything else.
         

In their silence they continued both to protect me and to punish me. The memory of that night was now the only tie between us, eclipsing everything else.


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In their silence they continued both to protect me and to punish me. The memory of that night was now the only tie between us, eclipsing everything else.
         



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