“Men’s
tongues fork at birth. It has always been so. The bird cannot lie. The
lion is a hunter, to be feared, yes, but he is true to his nature. The
tree and rock are true – they are a tree and rock. Nothing more, but
nothing less. But man, the only creature who can make words – uses this
great gift to betray truth, to betray himself, to betray nature and God.
He will point to a tree and tell you it is not a tree, stand over your
dead body and say he did not kill you. Words, you see, speak for the
brain, and the brain is a machine. Music” – he smiled his glorious smile
raised his index finger – “music speaks for the soul because words are
too small.”
- Dennis Lehane, 'The Given Day'
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