"RHETORIC The art of making life less believable; the calculated use of language, not to alarm but to do full harm to our busy minds and properly dispose our listeners to a pain they have never dreamed of. The context of what can be known establishes that love and indifference are forms of language, but the wise addition of punctuation allows us to believe that there are other harms - the dash gives the reader the clear signal they are coming."

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Source : Ben Marcus (2013). “The Age of Wire and String”, p.92, Granta Books

Ben Marcus

#Wise Quotes #Art Quotes #Pain Quotes

“For now, I just want things all safe and familiar. My life may not be perfect, but it is what I have known.”

Source : Ann M. Martin (2013). “A Corner of the Universe”, p.23, Scholastic Inc.
“You wasted $150,000 on an education you could have got for a buck fifty in late charges at the public library.”
“I enjoy Saturday night racing.”
“All good activities which encourage people to learn how to live with one another pleasantly and to develop a sense of humor improve living.”
“Throughout this life, you can never be certain of living long enough to take another breath.”
“Being from Africa is the best thing that could have ever, ever happened to me. I cannot see it any other way. All of my fundamental principles that were instilled in me in my home, from my childhood, are still with me.”

Source : "Slam dunk - interview with basketball player Hakeem Olajuwon". Interview with Spike Lee, February 1994.
“Tennis is my dream. It is what I love. And it is what I want to be best at.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I went to eight different schools my first nine years of school.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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