Hedva 146: "[V]iolence can be propelled by desire and choice, contained in ritual and ceremony, and there is ample, imaginative, and romantic language for all the ways in which we can say yes to it."
> from Johanna Hedva's How To Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom (2024)
> tagged with #language, #ritual, #desire, #violence
> created Aug 14, 2025 at 2:59:19 PM
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