nevercursd@alien.topBtoBooks•Do you ever notice an author using a word over and over again?English
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1 year agoOttessa Moshfegh uses “pilly” a lot throughout her novels and short stories
Ottessa Moshfegh uses “pilly” a lot throughout her novels and short stories
I loved those lines, too! And I felt the same way.
10+ years after reading Moby Dick, I still catch myself remembering one of Melville’s descriptions of something as being “more strangely hideous than the ugliest abortion.”
Yes!