“A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“Speech is insufficient to utter the last things; and this troubles it not, because the last things may be heard speaking for themselves. At last, after long delay the wondering soul gives form to that which is stirring within it and produces its works art and song and mighty deeds.”
The Usurpation Of Language (1910)
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