Feeling is of the heart and nerves and the crudeness of its expression…

Nathanael West
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Feeling is of the heart and nerves and the crudeness of its expression has nothing to do with its intensity. ✨ Nathanael West, Jonathan Lethem (2009). Miss Lonelyhearts: & the Day of the Locust, p.119, New Directions Publishing
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