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Language Quotes by Pat Conroy
- Good writing ... involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into lucid form, then forcing them into the tight-fitting uniform of language, making them…
- ...when the words pour out of you just right, you understand that these sentences are all part of a river flowing out of your own…
- The English language on her tongue became a smoke-screen, without her eyes changing expression in the least.
- Good writing is the hardest form of thinking. It involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into lucid form, then forcing them into the…
- There's no word in the language I revere more than 'teacher.' My heart sings when a kid refers to me as his teacher, and it…
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