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Ted Chiang

“It’s no coincidence that “aspiration” means both hope and the act of breathing. When we speak, we use the breath in our lungs to give our thoughts a physical form. The sounds we make are simultaneously our intentions and our life force. I speak, therefore I am.”

Ted Chiang, The Great Silence
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The Great Silence The Great Silence by Ted Chiang
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