"Anthony Doerr again takes language beyond mortal limits."

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Elissa Schappell

#Limits Quotes #Language Quotes

“Political poetry is the hardest thing to write because you cannot preach to the converted, and if you're only seeking to convert, then write an editorial. I hope I can write about Trump; he's too major a force not to be written about.”
“and I spilled gravy on my Carolina sweater, because I am alive,”
“Don't censor yourself to comfort their ignorance.”
“The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.”
“When he was twenty-three or twenty-four my father began to learn German and read philosophy in his spare hours, which did not look as though he were destined to remain long on board ship!”

Source : Edward Carpenter (1916). “My days and dreams: being autobiographical notes”
“When I knew what I had to do / I took all my notebooks, all my manuscripts / and ate them page by page / so I could take my words with me”

Source : Nicole Blackman (2002). “Blood Sugar”, Akashic Books
“There's a fine line between something saving you time and replacing a bit of you that could be useful. I've certainly become more and more aware of that. All it takes is for my phone to run out of battery and I need to find a place and I suddenly realise I have no sense of direction anymore because I'm so used to using it for that.”

Source : Source: www.denofgeek.com
“Remember, there are only a few model preachers. We have read of only one perfect Model, and He was crucified many centuries ago.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 476), 1895.

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