Marcia sent these quotes:
Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim.
E. B. White
Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.
E. B. White
“Semi-colons only prove that the author has been to college.”
― E.B. White
“I have yet to see a piece of writing, political or non-political, that does not have a slant. All writing slants the way a writer leans, and no man is born perpendicular.”
― E.B. White
“A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer... He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring.”
― E.B. White
The E.B White? The man who writes, (and I'll paraphrase, since it's late), when you feel sad, learn something. Learn what … oh dear, I had memorized the whole paragraph.
ReplyDeleteI don't think he used a semicolon. Now I want to check. I like these quotes; thank you!
His last quote really reached me. Thanks!
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That was from me. Ira
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