June 2010
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May 2010
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The soundest fact may fail or prevail in the style of its telling: like that...
– Ursula K. LeGuin, The Left Hand of Darkness
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It makes your sin no worse, as I conceive, to do it a la mode
– The Prisoner of Zenda
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Heading South so I can go North Guided by birds but drifting off course Read the...
– Piano Magic, “A Trick Of The Sea” (sounds like a shanty!)
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When HD isn't high definition (beware) →
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I did not usurp the crown. I found it — in the gutter.
– Napoleon, in Waterloo (probably not a real quote)
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I am growing great in Latin verses, and neglect the laces of my boots.
– Dickens, David Copperfield
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Try to preserve an author’s style as if he is an author and has a style.
– Wolcott Gibbs, “Theory and Practice of Editing New Yorker Articles”
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Very like a whale.
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