“Some men define themselves by women although they appear to believe it is quite the opposite; to believe that it is she, rather than themselves, who is being filed away, tagged, named at last like a quivering cell under a microscope.” — Elizabeth Hardwick, Sleepless Nights
“Another person’s life, observed from outside, always has a shape and definition that one’s own life lacks.” — Pat Barker, The Ghost Road
“If your best argument involves defining a word to your liking, you don’t have an actual argument.” — Scott Adams, @ScottAdamsSays (29 May 2015)
“What you don’t understand you can make mean anything.” — Chuck Palahniuk
“What you don’t understand you can make mean anything.” — Chuck Palahniuk, Diary
“A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanging, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Towne vs. Eisner, 245 U.S. 418, 425 (1918-01-07)
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