The constant struggle to be articulate.
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The constant struggle to be articulate.
of me, but if I say so, understandable.
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
Inadequacy of expression is merely a minor part of the great tragedy of humanity. Only an ass thinks that he has succeeded in uttering the perfect content of his thought without either excess or defect."
Arthur Machen • The Secret Glory
“The way human beings speak is so heartbreaking to me—we never sound the way we want to sound. We’re always stopping ourselves in mid–sentence because we’re so terrified of saying the wrong thing. Speaking is a kind of misery. And I guess I comfort myself by finding the rhythms and accidental poetry in everyone’s inadequate attempts to articulate... See more