The faster the word sticks to the thought, the more beautiful is the effect.
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One arrives at style only with atrocious effort, with fanatical and devoted stubbornness.Gustave Flaubert
You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it.
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Me and my books in the same apartment, like a gherkin in its vinegar.
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It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that date back to the Pharaohs.
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Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.
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