Words have lost their gravitas.
With the ability to communicate in any way possible comes a loss in meaning behind the words that we toss around so casually. Die, love, kill, the list goes on. They're all words we use completely out of context and without any regard to their true definition and purpose. I'm as guilty as the next person in using these words in quotidian phrases, but it begs the question: where has the severity gone behind words that used to be so impassioned. I've always been drawn to classic lit because the heaviness of the language, to me, conveys true depth and emotion. Its as if you can feel and see the meaning of the letters on the page as they unravel before you. Call me a romantic or melodramatic, but I wish nowadays people took what they said as seriously.
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