"2 hydnjo talk 17:16, 9 September 2006 (UTC). If there are no words for 9/11 then we're in real trouble when the really bad happens."
— September 11

January 1, 1970

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I like the quote so much because the very point that is being made is the ultimate inadequacy of words and human conceptions for dealing with many forms of tragedy and reality. One can talk of many things in very shallow ways, or very profound ways, but if one thinks one's conceptions and expressions are ever sufficient for the task of complete comprehension, one is extremely mistaken. The simile is glaringly inadequate, but the author's point in using it is to emphasize that fact, and that so a