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The Allusionist

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The Etymology of Worry

Emigdala was also the Latin for tonsil and other languages still called tonsils almonds. The etymology of worry implies how I feel about it, that it's ultimately a futile and painful and destructive process. Worrying is an expression of care in some cases. And yet there's also that violence tied up in it as well. So I'm not meaning to malign people who worry about their children. I worry about all the people I love. But there's something harmful. There's something painful. There'sSomething bloody.

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