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The thought, when written down, becomes less oppressive, but some thoughts are like a cancerous tumor: you express is, you excise it, and it grows back worse than before.

Vladimir Nabokov
Writing, Grows, Written
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1960). “Invitation to a beheading: a novel”, Putnam Adult
The thought, when written down, becomes less oppressive, but some thoughts are like a cancerous tumor: you express is, you excise it, and it grows back worse than before.