Virgil, Aeneid II.204

Melphi speaks

horresco referens

The priest translates

«I shudder as I tell it»

And interprets

Just two words, and they say a lot about you right now. There is a memory that still makes you shiver whenever you try to put it into words: a fear, a shock, a moment when you felt powerless. Melphi does not ask you to pretend it is entirely behind you. It tells you, though, that the very act of telling it is already courage: whoever shudders while speaking is speaking, not keeping silent any more. This is not the time to force yourself to remember everything at once; it is the right time to find someone you trust and begin saying what you can, one piece at a time, gently with yourself.

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