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"Sextus's argument in the first book that nothing can be apprehended by means of another thing argues against the efficacy of language. Invariably, language becomes an empty signifier, a shell divorced from the thing it is used to represent."

"Abuse derives from our inability to see ourselves for what we are; the power of distortion is demonstrated by the need to know and the desire to tell."