Three things cannot be called back: the arrow when it speeds from the bow, the milk when the churn is upturned, the word when it leaps from the tongu… - Stephen R. Lawhead

Even well-known words were often pronounced differently and could have unfamiliar meanings; connotations were not fixed, but fluid. Definitions drifted. He was constantly brought up short by the sudden realization that what he thought he had said was not at all what he meant—at least as it had been understood by his hearers. Still, he was coming to grips with the slippery speech, and his confidence was growing.

Truth is a constant delight to those that love her; such beauty holds no power to offend.

Little changes, like small steps all along the way, bring you to a different place. One day you wake up and things are not the same anymore.