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- Pardon me," I answered, as I placed a bundle of straw upon the fire and slightly stirred it. Then I turned quickly… — Francois Laurent d'Arlandes
- The precision of naming takes away from the uniqueness of seeing. — Pierre Bonnard
- Friendship should be a private pleasure, not a public boast. I loathe those braggarts who are forever trying to invest themselves with… — John Mason Brown
- A sign of the times: there are no longer any chairs in the bookshops along the embankments. [Noël] France was the last… — Jules de Goncourt
- The sight of the first woman in the minimal two-piece was as explosive as the detonation of the atomic bomb by the… — Tom Waits
- Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and… — Adrienne Rich
- The act of naming is the great and solemn consolation of mankind — Elias Canetti
- Even now, it's still hard for him to say it. I don't blame him. It's an icky word. Why couldn't whoever was… — Sarah Wylie