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Mute
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There is a master way with words which is not learned but is instead developed: a deaf man develops exceptional vision, a blind man exceptional hearing, a silent man, when given a piece of paper...
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― Venus in Arms
― Venus in Arms
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Anyone who has lived for a long while in an insane asylum where a good number and
variety of individuals and children are confined will have in memory the full spectrum of ritual stances from the various religions, present and past, as if brought to their culmination.
Some see a parody here, since the individuals in question are insane. And for an autistic child, the act of placing one’s hand on a hot stove, without the reflex to withdraw it, can make one think that feeling can be interrupted.
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― The Arachnean and Other Texts
― The Arachnean and Other Texts
