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1 " Truth is a mobile army of metaphors, metonyms, anthropomorphisms, in short a sum of human relations which have been subjected to poetic and rhetorical intensification, translation and decoration […]; truths are illusions of which we have forgotten that they are illusions, metaphors which have become worn by frequent use and have lost all sensuous vigour […]. Yet we still do not know where the drive to truth comes from, for so far we have only heard about the obligation to be truthful which society imposes in order to exist" from, " On Truth and Lying in a Non-Moral Sense" . "
2 " As a writer, you must truly possess a love for words." " Yes, that's right," I agreed." I've noticed that some authors favor particular words, making frequent use of them. Do you have a favorite?" I nodded assuredly and shared my answer. " BECAUSE." My interviewer looked surprised, as though he'd expected an impressive adjective or some rare verb. " That's your favorite word? Why?" I tried not to smirk. " Because. "
3 " I was making frequent use of cocaine at that time ... I had been the first to recommend the use of cocaine, in 1885, and this recommendation had brought serious reproaches down on me. "
― Sigmund Freud , The Interpretation of Dreams
