...Felman and Laub remind us that silence does not give peace. The "not telling" of the story serves as perpetuation of its tyranny. The events become more...pervasively invade and contaminate the survivor's and witness' daily life. (Testimony 79) I believe Doris Sommer in her article entitled "Without Secrets"...

...Believing patients Marione Orr One has to know one's buried truth in order to be able to live one's life. The 'not telling' of the story serves as a perpetuation of its tyranny. . . . When one's history is abolished one's identity ceases to exist as well. (Felman and Laub, 1992:...

...forget. Those who opt for that silence, however, do not necessarily find peace and calm in their life. "The 'not telling' of the story serves as a perpetuation of its tyranny" (Laub 1992.a, 79) and often provokes deep distortions in memory and in the organization of everyday...

..."to begin a story, someone in some way must break a particular silence" (3). In Dori Laub's words, "the 'not telling' of the story serves as a perpetuation of its tyranny" (iggib, 79). In such instances, "the events become more and more distorted in their silent retention...

...truth in order to be able to live one's life. It is a mistake to believe that silence favors peace. The 'not telling' of the story serves as a perpetuation...invade and contaminate the survivor's daily life." He goes on to insist that one cannot and should not speak unless one is listened to: "The unlistened-to...

...truth in order to be able to live one's life. It is a mistake to believe that silence favors peace. The 'not telling' of the story serves as a perpetuation...and contaminate the survivor's daily life .... The unlistened-to story is a trauma as serious as the initial event (cited in Wieviorka, 2006, p.109).18...