Friday, March 11, 2011

On the Pronoun "I"

As collectors of one-letter words and lovers of microcosms, we were tickled by this description of "I":

"More than anybody else I have always found it painful to express myself otherwise than by the pronoun I. Not that this should be taken as a sign of particular pride, but for me the word I is the structure of the world in a nutshell." —Michel Leiris, Aurora

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