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Condensation (n.) at its purest: a dream with nothing superfluous in it, in which every word was a symbol.
Flower (n.) given between lovers may carry an unconscious meaning: blossoms are the sexual organs of plants.
Motherhood (n.) is something one has to pay for with one's life — or so a bride's dream put it.
Normality (n.) differs from neurosis only in quantity, not in kind — and the healthy dream in plainer symbols than the sick, whose censor is stronger.
Resistance (n.) is greatest exactly where the symbolism is clearest: the girl said 'colour' when what had come to her was 'incarnation'.
Shame (n.) excuses the signs of sensuality by pointing to their purpose — the production of a baby.
A Verbal bridge (n.) is a chance likeness of words — violet and violate — across which the paths to the unconscious run.
Virginity (n.) can be over-valued to compensate for a body felt to be deficient — she saw herself as a table without projections and prized the centre-piece all the more.