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The Study of Animal Languages: A Novel by Lindsay Stern
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đSyntax does not mean language and language does not mean communication. You can our letters together to create words and assign meaning to them, but if you canât put those meaningful words together to convey your messages to another who could decipher them the same way, whatâs the point of language or syntax
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đPrue and Ivan are two clueless birds who try to communicate with animals and knowledge itself, while failing to communicate with each other. They are these idealistic, hopeful souls who answer nature and mindâs biggest questions while they canât answer their own tiny questions
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đâ âI used to think....,â I trail off. âI used to think life would go like this: you get bashed around a bit, f*ck up, lose people, and in the process figure out what really matters. But now...â âitâs more like figuring out that your life was never even about you, to begin with. You are not the hero. Youâre just someone in the castâ â
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đPrue and Ivan are two clueless birds who try to communicate with animals and knowledge itself, while failing to communicate with each other. They are these idealistic, hopeful souls who answer nature and mindâs biggest questions while they canât answer their own tiny questions
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đâ âI used to think....,â I trail off. âI used to think life would go like this: you get bashed around a bit, f*ck up, lose people, and in the process figure out what really matters. But now...â âitâs more like figuring out that your life was never even about you, to begin with. You are not the hero. Youâre just someone in the castâ â