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“«Mi piacciono le parole che sono già una descrizione di se stesse», bisbigliò Perdu. Aveva gli occhi chiusi. «‘Brezza notturna’. ‘Ostinazione’. In questa parola vedo una bambina che lotta contro tutto ciò che non vuole. Brava, magra e leggera. La piccola cavallerizza Ostinazione contro le forze oscure della ragione.» «Ci sono parole con cui ci si ferisce», intervenne Vitale. «Sono come lamette nell’orecchio e sulla lingua. ‘Disciplina’. ‘Addestramento’. Oppure ‘raziocinio’.» «Raziocinio occupa così tanto la bocca che impedisce ad altre parole di entrarci»”

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