"The strongest memory is weaker than the lightest ink."

-Chinese proverb, (via Louis Lavelle, La Parole et I’ecriture, Paris, 1947)

"...the Hebrew term 'dabar' means ‘word’ and ‘event’."

-Walter Ong, Orality and Literacy (1982)

"...when we speak...we also always express a mood. There are no words uttered without this added spin. The act of saying something is part of the meaning we express, whether we like it or not. We can't separate the *what we say* from the *how we say it*...The same phrase said by ten different people will be ten different experiences - perform ten different events." 

-Daniel Coffeen and Matthew Deren, A Space For New Things (2020)

Sources and Discussion: 

https://old.reddit.com/r/DilettanteryPodcast/comments/k36jw6/17_ong_and_orality/?