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"it is a token of some real thing behind appearances ; and I make it real by putting it into words. It is only by putting it into words that I make it whole ; this wholeness means that it has lost its power to hurt me ; it gives me, perhaps because by doing so I take away the pain, a great delight to put the severed parts together. Perhaps this is the strongest pleasure known to me." this whole paragraph 🥲