“...language is sacred. It has glory, even in ordinary speech. The way most people use it, it's like a winged horse pulling… — Robert K. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
“The net effect of this language system was not to keep these people ignorant of what they were doing, but to prevent… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Henry James's later works would have been better had he resisted that curious sort of self-indulgence, dictating to a secretary. The roaming… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
I don't particularly care about having [my characters] talk realistically, that doesn't mean very much to me. Actually, a lot of people… — Louis Auchincloss Copy Share Image
One of the things that distinguishes poetry from ordinary speech is that in a very few number of words, poetry captures some… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
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