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Ah, but we die to each other daily.
What we know of other people
Is only our memory of the moments
During which we knew them. And they have changed since then.
To pretend that they and we are the same
Is a useful and convenient social convention
Which must sometimes be broken. We must remember
That at every meeting we are meeting a stranger.
- Unidentified Guest
Verbal interpretation holds a prominent position in the psychoanalytic process. Although different analysts will attribute to it differing degrees of emphasis, these variations in importance are outside of the present purpose. Herein, interpretation will be used to refer to verbal interpretations within an analytic process.