"Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable."

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Languages are fluffy big pillows stuffed between nations - what others say is muffled and nearly lost in them, and when we speak their grammar we get feathers in our mouth. It's worth it. What pleasure to phrase an idea, even in child's words, slowly, and sail it across the gulf in another language to a different-speaking human being!

— Richard Bach