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I was online, and got to thinking about writing and the translation between thoughts and words spoken versus words typed.  Sometimes it's easier to say things you don't mean- things you wouldn't say face to face- online.  If you wouldn't say them in person though, do you really mean them?  And, from that, how do you know which side of you to go through, to carry out the actions of that particular side.  Is it both sides that make up a person's thoughts, or is one side a more theoretical side- a side where you can think, and things can maybe pan out, maybe don't?  When an author writes, the words are going from his head, to the paper.  They aren't being spoken, told down from one person to the next like stories often were before writing or the printing press, but written, word for word.  It seems to me that some meaning must get lost in this translation- that literary works are maybe limited in worth because of this missing meaning, but maybe when discussing as a literary work, it's implied that these are just the words- that side of the brain, and not the part dealing with what's spoken- with the social ramifications of person to person interactions.  Maybe there aren't two completely different realms of thoughts here.. maybe one is just more socially conscious than the other..