“I'd chew on the letters, savor them, and spit them out with my voice. I'd do this again and again until I memorized all of them. Once you repeat the same word over and over, there comes a time when its meaning fades. Then at some point, letters go beyond letters, and words beyond words. They start to sound like a meaningless alien language. That's when I actually feel those incomprehensible words like "love" or "eternity" start speaking to me.”