… it’s all words and only words, and beyond the words there’s nothing… a word, which, like all the others, can only be explained by more words, but since the words we use to explain things, successfully or not, will, in turn, have to be explained, our conversation will lead nowhere, the mistaken and the true will alternate, like some kind of curse, and we’ll never know what’s right and what’s wrong. – subhro, the mahout, Pg. 49

… it’s all words and only words, and beyond the words there’s nothing… a word, which, like all the others, can only be explained by more words, but since the words we use to explain things, successfully or not, will, in turn, have to be explained, our conversation will lead nowhere, the mistaken and the true will alternate, like some kind of curse, and we’ll never know what’s right and what’s wrong. – subhro, the mahout, Pg. 49

– José Saramago –

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