3 Powerful Words

• "Don't trade up" (David Rakoff)

• "Bleeding always stops"

• "Do it now"

• "Feel the fear" (Susan Jeffers)

• "Noli me tangere"

To me, language is every bit as powerful a code as software.

Makes me feel much better about not having a clue about the latter, though I am going to take an introductory course starting this month — better late than never.

"It is never too late to become what you might have become" — yes, that's a total of 4 x 3 = 12 words from George Sand but I'm putting them here because:

1. They're the exception that proves the rule

2. I can

[David Rakoff's epigram via Ariel Kaminer writing in the New York Times Magazine]

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Note added at 2:49 p.m. today: I'm hoping that other tasty 3-word combos will make their way into the comments section — bring 'em on!