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Aldous Huxley

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.

Aldous Huxley

Time

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Aldous Huxley is saying that language often separates us from truly experiencing the world because we focus more on the words than on the actual things they represent. He suggests that most of the time, we interact with these imperfect symbols instead of directly engaging with reality itself.

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