Handclaps & Heartbeats
@quirkyrocket
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1 year ago (25 September 2010)
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"Emotions aren’t covered by single words. I don’t believe in “sadness,” “joy” or “regret.” Maybe the best proof that language is patriarchal is that it over simplifies things. I’d like to have at my disposal complicated hybrid emotions, Germanic traincar constructions like, say, “the happiness that attends disaster.” Or: “the disappointment of sleeping with one’s fantasy.” I’d like to show how “intimations of mortality brought on by aging family members” connects with “the hatred of mirrors brought on by middle age.” I’d like to have a word for “the sadness inspired by failing restaurants,” as well as for “the excitement of getting a room with a mini-bar.” I’ve never had the right words to describe my life."

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