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Are you one of those people who uses words more for the sound than for the sense of them?

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In a book, even the real bastards can't hurt you. And you can never loose a friend you make in a book. When you get to a sad part, no one's there to s...more

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Language can't describe reality. Literature has no stable reference, no real meaning. Each reader's interpretation is equally valid, more important th...more

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Although he never speaks of how or what or why, I know that his childhood was difficult, that his parents broke his heart. Books and excess poundage a...more

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Words are the wellspring of the world, and language is the most powerful weapon in the ancient and still unfolding war between truth and lies.

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On a small table beside his chair were other haphazardly stacked volumes by such poets as Emerson, Whitman, and Wallace Stevens, a dangerous crew to l...more

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Considering that the modern and contemporary literature taught in most universities is largely bleak, cynical, morbid, pessimistic, misanthropic dogma...more