The marvelous organic computer wedged in my skull had dumped its language content like a flawed program. The right hemisphere was not without some language-but only the most emotionally charged units of communication could lodge in that affective hemisphere; my vocabulary was now down to nine words. {This, I learned later, was exceptional, many victims of CVAs retain only two or three.} For the record, here is my entire vocabulary of manageable words: fuck, shit, piss, cunt, goddamn, motherfucker, asshole, peepee, and poopoo;
( Dan Simmons )
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