I am the one who has felt most deeply the stuttering of the tongue in its relation to thought.

All those who try to unveil the mysteries always have tragic lives. At the end they are always punished.

I feel a fatigue of the tongue seeking to utter impossible things until it twists itself into a knot and chokes me. I feel a fatigue at this mass of nerves see…

At a lecture I am asked to pronounce my name three times. I try to be slow and emphatic, 'Anais - Anais - Anais. You just say 'Anna' and then add 'ees,' with t…