Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- they’ll go throug…

Aldous Huxley
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Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced. ✨ Aldous Huxley (1950). The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Brave new world
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