I sure wished I knew what the hell I was talking about, but I'd picked up enough terms and felt the importance attached to them, so that I could use them properly without knowing what they meant. But they felt right, so very right...
-- Roger Zelazny, as Corwin ("Nine Princes in Amber").
Which book is this? I might read it for the context.
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