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no. 418

"Euphemism is the opposite of swearing. Swearwords work because they carry an emotional charge derived from their direct reference to taboo objects, orifices, and actions. Euphemisms exist to cover up those same taboos, to disguise or erase the things that prompt such strong feelings."

Melissa Mohr, Holy Shit, p.197

no. 369

There is immeasurably more left inside than what comes out in words.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

no. 363

Susan Sontag on literature and freedom.

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no. 259

"Loneliness does not come from having no people around you, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to you."

Carl Jung

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