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The first key element of cultish language? Creating an us-versus-them dichotomy.
“…though under temporary gloom at night, the return of day will hardly fail to bring return of spirits. The youth and cheerfulness of morning are in happy analogy, and of powerful operation; and if the distress be not poignant enough to keep the eyes unclosed, they will be sure to open to sensations of softened pain and brighter hope.”
― Pride and Prejudice, and Emma
― Pride and Prejudice, and Emma
“Little is taught by contest or dispute, everything by sympathy and love.”
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“Words tell stories. Specifically, the history of those words - how they came into use, and how their meaning morphed into what they mean today - tell us just as much about a people, if not more, than any other kind of historical artefact.”
― Babel
― Babel
“The gap between 'I should' and 'I want' is too big.”
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Manuela’s 2025 Year in Books
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