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That is the strangeness of language: it crosses the boundaries of the body, is at once inside and outside, and it sometimes happens that we don't notice the threshold has been crossed.
That is the strangeness of language: it crosses the boundaries of the body, is at once inside and outside, and it sometimes happens that we don't notice the threshold has been crossed.
Approximate author period: c. 1955 AD · modern
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- Siri Hustvedt
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- Approximate author period: c. 1955 AD · modern
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