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Our memory fragments don't have any coherence until they're imagined in words. Time is a property of language, of syntax, and tense.

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That is the strangeness of language: it crosses the boundaries of the body, is at once inside and outside, and it sometimes happens that we don't notice the threshold has been crossed.

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Every sickness has an alien quality, a feeling of invasion and loss of control that is evident in the language we use about it.

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Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. You are looking into a predator's eyes. Most predators have eyes set right on the front of their heads, so they can use binocular vision to sight and track their prey.
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Siri Hustvedt

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Born: February 19, 1955 (age 70)
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