Quotes on language

Perhaps language chooses writers needs, making use express a tiny part — Jos?� Saramago

Jos?� Saramago
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Polysyllables obfuscate a preponderant ignorance much style panache. — John Patrick Lowrie, Dancing Eternity

Dancing With Eternity John Patrick Lowrie
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Polysyllables obfuscate a preponderant ignorance much style panache. — John Patrick Lowrie, Dancing Eternity

Dancing With Eternity John Patrick Lowrie
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Beware compound adjective, beloved tyro ‘poetess’. — Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce
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Living like utterly convinced extreme limitations language. a child th — Banana Yoshimoto, N.P

Banana Yoshimoto N.P
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Evan Connell said knew finished a short story found going taking comma — Raymond Carver, Call Need Me: Uncollected Fiction Prose

Call If You Need Me: The Uncollected Fiction Other Prose Raymond Carver
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original book written-and no one two appear a century-men letters imit — Pierre Boulle, Planet Apes

Pierre Boulle Planet of the Apes
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words, fashions, rule hold;Alike fantastic, new, old:Be first new trie — Alexander Pope, Essay Criticism

Alexander Pope An Essay on Criticism
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long ago, advertised perverse rules grammar, along lines “Remember nev — William Safire, Fumblerules: A Lighthearted Guide Grammar Good Usage

Fumblerules: A Lighthearted Guide to Grammar Good Usage William Safire
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Once, Turner lashed mast a ship several hours, a furious storm, later — David Markson, Wittgenstein’s Mistress

David Markson Wittgenstein's Mistress
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