"The surest sign that two people no longer speak the same language is that both say ironic things to one another but that neither senses the irony."

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The essential and defining characteristic of childhood is not the effortless merging of dream and reality, but only alienation. There are no words for childhood's dark turns and exhalations. A wise child recognizes it and submits to the necessary consequences. A child who counts the cost is a child no longer.

— Stephen King