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    Quotation... A writer expresses himself in words that have been used before because they give his meaning better than he can give it himself, or because they are beautiful or witty, or because he expects them to touch a cord of association in his reader, or because he wishes to show that he is learned and well read. Quotations due to the last motive are invariably ill-advised; the discerning reader detects it and is contemptuous; the undiscerning is perhaps impressed, but even then is at the same time repelled, pretentious quotations being the surest road to tedium.

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No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought read more

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Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.

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By words the mind is winged.

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Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.

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Words represent your intellect. The sound, gesture and movement represent your feelings.

Words represent your intellect. The sound, gesture and movement represent your feelings.

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