Labyrinth

Text of the day: “Be careful now. Be very careful. Do you want to use that word? Do you want to say that word aloud? Let me tell you something first. About the power of words. You know, the Egyptians believed that speaking and writing was an act of creation. That when they spoke something aloud or wrote it down they brought it into being. It became real. And though crazy, we haven’t really moved on from that. We do not speak of what we fear lest we bring it into being.” (Charlie in Beth Steel’s Labyrinth)

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