Never before had I known the sudden quiver of understanding that travels from word to brain to heart, the way a new language can move, coil, swim into life under the eyes, the almost savage leap of comprehension, the instantaneous, joyful release of meaning, the way the words shed their printed bodies in a flash of heat and light. Elizabeth Kostova
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The power of language. The way words can move, coil, swim into life. They can change the direction of your life in an instant. As you read this sentence, you are taking part in the act of language.

Words create meaning by allowing your mind to connect two or more things that you read. You form a new understanding through the act of reading that new word.

Source: The Historian

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