Stefan BetlheimThinkers

A Symbol (n.) appears ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠even where no conscious wish to distort could reach it — amnesic patients retelling coarse anecdotes turned sex into climbing stairs.