[On her use of quotations:] When a thing has been said so well that it could not be said better, why paraphrase it? Hence my writing, is, if not a cabinet of fossils, a kind of collection of flies in… — Marianne Moore Copy Share Image
“He offered a better paraphrase one day when I was complaining about an entry: “Words are stubborn little fuckers.” — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
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