"A word is a bud attempting to become……" — Gaston Bachelard
"A word is a bud attempting to become a twig. How can one not dream while writing? It is the pen which dreams. The blank page gives the right to dream."
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- Human beings are not like sheep; and even sheep are not undistinguishably alike. A man cannot get a coat or… — John Stuart Mill