# Hyperion  Author:: Dan Simmons ## Highlights > Words bend our thinking to infinite paths of self-delusion, and the fact that we spend most of our mental lives in brain mansions built of words means that we lack the objectivity necessary to see the terrible distortion of reality which language brings. ([Location 3138](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B004G60EHS&location=3138)) > “Language serves not only to express thought but to make possible thoughts which could not exist without it.” ([Location 3144](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B004G60EHS&location=3144)) --- Title: Hyperion Author: Dan Simmons Tags: readwise, books date: 2024-01-30 --- # Hyperion  Author:: Dan Simmons ## AI-Generated Summary None ## Highlights > Words bend our thinking to infinite paths of self-delusion, and the fact that we spend most of our mental lives in brain mansions built of words means that we lack the objectivity necessary to see the terrible distortion of reality which language brings. ([Location 3138](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B004G60EHS&location=3138)) > “Language serves not only to express thought but to make possible thoughts which could not exist without it.” ([Location 3144](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B004G60EHS&location=3144))