Most people think things are not real unless they are spoken, that it's the uttering of something, not the thinking of it, that legitimizes it. I suppose this is why people always want other people to say "I love you." I think just the opposite—that thoughts are realest when thought, that expressing them distorts or dilutes them.


Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You: A Novel (ed. Macmillan, 2009) - ISBN: 9781429927130

Peter Cameron Quotes

Most people think things are not real unless they are spoken, that it's the uttering of something, not the thinking of it, that legitimizes it. I...

Most people think things are not real unless they are spoken, that it's the uttering of something, not the thinking of it, that legitimizes it. I...

Most people think things are not real unless they are spoken, that it's the uttering of something, not the thinking of it, that legitimizes it. I...

Most people think things are not real unless they are spoken, that it's the uttering of something, not the thinking of it, that legitimizes it. I...