ah, Words have no meaning.

you cause me to think of these words, attributed to Ahab, in the book Ahab's Wife (by Seta Jener Naslund)

"Beware of the treachery of words, Mrs. Sparrow. They mean one thing to one person and the opposite to another. They are like all conventional land-born habits. Words seem to be well-woven baskets ready to hold your meaning, but they betray you with rotted corners, and spintered stays."
even with out your brackets, that would have jump out and grabbed me, nancy! i am reading the book again, for the first time, i dove in and downed in it, now, i savor each word!


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