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Inner monologue (n.) belongs ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠only to someone who can speak, since what is spoken silently can later be communicated.

Inner monologue (n.) overheard ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in full would tell us no more of what it refers to than one sentence read from the middle of a story.

Inner monologue (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠like tennis without a ball: rackets, manoeuvres and an umpire's eye, much like tennis yet fundamentally different.

Inner monologue (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not half hidden but a confusing concept; it is an articulated event in time that can accompany an outer event.

Inner monologue (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not a half-hidden phenomenon seen through a veil; it is not hidden at all — it just runs cheek by jowl with outward speech without coinciding with it.

Inner monologue (n.) of ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠another is not 'hidden' from me: if it were hidden from me it would be apparent to him — but he does not know it; only the doubt that exists for me does not exist for him.