Accepting Quote by Anonymous

“[...] please accept from me this unpretentious bouquet of very early-blooming parentheses: ( ( ( ( ) ) ) ).”

— J.D. Salinger

“I privately say to you old friend (unto you, really, I'm afraid), please accept from me this unpretentious bouquet of early-blooming parenthesis: (((( )))).…

— J.D. Salinger

I have a similar affection for the parenthesis (but I always take most of my parentheses out, so as not to call undue attention…

— Sarah Vowell

The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society

— Nicolas Chamfort

The censure of frequent and long parentheses has led writers into the preposterous expedient of leaving out the marks by which they are indicated.…

— Richard Whately

We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.

— Alan Perlis

Somebody put a drop under a magnifying-glass and it was all semicolons and parentheses.

— George Eliot

Parenthesis-proud, bracket-bold, happiest with hyphens, The writers stagger intoxicated by terms, adjective-unsteadied

— Anthony Brode

“Every second, another streak of silver glows: parentheses, exclamation points, commas--a whole grammar made of light, for words to hard to speak.”

— Jodi Picoult

There's something about a parenthesis in fiction that puts one off, saying, "It's me, moi, jumping in now."

— John L'Heureux

I emphasize the distinction between brackets and no brackets because it will affect your reading experience, if you will allow it. Brackets are exciting.…

— Anne Carson

I use a lot of old-fashioned expressions.

— Susan Cain