“Sweet language brings the snake out of its hole.” — Wow. This week’s Harmon Thought truly sends shivers down my spine.
Welcome back to Harmon Thoughts of the Week, the echo chamber of a column that seeks to spread the word of Harmon to the world.
This week’s phrase is truly inspirational, a moment of clarity in the chaotic sea of everyday life. I reached out to one of my esteemed colleagues, Alexa of the twelfth-grade variety, for a preliminary analysis of this absolute pearl of wisdom. After some deliberation, she concluded this could only be referring to the innate ability of great literature to open people up, to bring out their ingrained personality. This analysis was undoubtedly inspired by the rigorous work done in Ms. Pizzino’s Capstone English: Monsters in the Mirror class, and the intense examination of outrageous texts like Mircea Eliade’s “The Sacred and The Profane: The Nature of Religion.”
When I hear “Sweet language brings the snake out of its hole,” I think of the power of kindness; its ability to bring even the most venomous of souls out of the cruel depths of malice, welcoming them to a world of goodwill. That or the bitter tendency of evil people to prey on those with good intentions.
That’s all for this week’s edition of Harmon Thoughts of the Week, tune in next time for more words to live by.
