Baxter knows a lot more than I do, I told her. Yes, said Baxter, but I will never tell people all of it.
Metaforen är ett av tankens väsentligaste verktyg. Den belyser vad som annars skulle ligga helt i mörker. Men denna belysning blir ibland så klar att den bländar istället för avslöjar.
One day you will tell me how to change what I cannot yet describe without my words swelling HUGE, vowels vanishing, tears washing ink away.
You, dear reader, have now two accounts to choose between and there can be no doubt which is most probable.