way writing rather think aloud, follow humours, much consider listenin — Thomas de Quincey, Confessions English Opium Eater

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But my way of writing is rather to think aloud, and follow my own humours, than much to consider who is listening to me; and, if I stop to consider what is proper to be said to this or that person, I shall soon come to doubt whether any part at all is proper.

Thomas de Quincey, Confessions of an English Opium Eater

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