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“Writing, when properly managed ... is but a different name for conversation: As no one ... would venture to talk all;Mso no author, who understands the just boundaries of decorum and good breeding, would presume to think all: The truest respect which you can pay to the readers understanding, is to ... leave him something to imagine, in his turn, as well as yourself.”
—Laurence Sterne (17131768)
“That monstrous tuberosity of civilised life, the capital of England.”
—Thomas Carlyle (17951881)
“What if we wake one shimmering morning to
Hear the fierce hammering
Of his firm knuckles
Hard on the door?
Shall we not shudder?”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
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