The words to say it

William Gaddis consegue materializar, em palavras, aquilo que nos escapa quando comunicamos com os outros (expressões faciais, movimentos corporais, subtilezas...).
Usando as palavras, de forma exímia, ele fixa, no tempo, gestos, atitudes e comportamentos, que o inconsciente deixa escapar.
Tem uma sofisticada habilidade para reter, para fixar no tempo, para sempre, o efémero da linguagem não falada.

"He puts his hand there, his right hand to his forehead and draws it down with feverish application, as though in this to pull away the features so long forming, revaluing for this moment; but above his hand, his face comes back into shape, the forehead quickly rises and recovers its lines, then the brows, and the eyes vividly devious permit nothing to enter".

"Esther watched him now, standing in the middle of the room, drawing his hand down over his face as though, again, to wipe out some past, how long ago, or how recent, or all of it?".

The Recognitions, William Gaddis [pg. 93]