The reason I write as is my experience of it described here:
"With age and experience we learn to use words with caution."
"We misuse them, put them back to front without noticing, until one day we discover they are as threadbare as old clothes, we feel ashamed of them, just as I can recall being ashamed of trousers I once wore with frayed bottoms which were meticulously trimmed every week to disguise the constant repairs."
"I believe that in writing these pages I have shown some concern for words and the way they are used."
"Before, I hardly ever used the word "love,"
And when I did, the word did not refer to me, or only to part of me."
"Now that it really concerns me, why should I not be cautious?"
"I would even go so far as to mask the word if necessary, use other words, as in those anagrams we composed in primary school to act as props so that the real world might emerge and flourish."
"However, having given this some thought,
I prefer to invoke the word "love" loud and clear and see what happens."
- Jose Saramago
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