Thomas Van Rijsselt

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    Burning in the bride bed of love, in the whirl-
    Pool at the wanting centre, in the folds
    Of paradise, in the spun bud of the world.
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    Linguistically, and hence conceptually, the things in sharpest focus are the things that are public enough to be talked of publicly, common and conspicuous enough to be talked of often, and near enough to sense to be quickly identified and learned by name; it is to these that words apply first and foremost.
    —Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)