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They were both shaken by the sudden realization
that they did not belong in this place, that despite their affiliation with the Translation Institute and despite their gowns and pretensions, their bodies were not safe of the streets. They were men at Oxford; they were not Oxford men.
— Jan 05, 2024 04:37AM
that they did not belong in this place, that despite their affiliation with the Translation Institute and despite their gowns and pretensions, their bodies were not safe of the streets. They were men at Oxford; they were not Oxford men.
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The origins of the word 'anger' were tied closely to physical suffering. Anger was first an 'affliction' as meant by the Old Icelandic angr, and then a 'painful, cruel, narrow' state, as meant by the Old English enge, which in turn came from the Latin angor, which meant 'strangling, anguish, distress'. Anger was chokehold. Anger did not empower you. It sat on your chest; it squeezed your ribs until you felt trapped
— Jan 12, 2024 06:37AM
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He remembered English phrases rising unbidden to his mind as he watched the revels; phrases from songs and poems that he wasn't quite sure on the meaning of, but which sounded right — and perhaps that was just what poetry was? Meaning through sound? Through spelling?
— Jan 09, 2024 01:20PM
