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“The more familiar two people become, the more the language they speak together departs from that of the ordinary, dictionary-defined discourse. Familiarity creates a new language, an in-house language of intimacy that carrPies reference to the story the two lovers are weaving together and that…” quote by Alain de Botton
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“The more familiar two people become, the more the language they speak together departs from that of the ordinary, dictionary-defined discourse. Familiarity creates a new language, an in-house language of intimacy that carrPies reference to the story the two lovers are weaving together and that cannot be readily understood by others.”

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