"Most students of literature can pick apart a metaphor or spot an ethnic stereotype, but not many of them can say things like: 'The poem's sardonic tone is curiously at odds with its plodding syntax."

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Terry Eagleton

#Odds Quotes #Syntax Quotes #Literature Quotes

“Itâ€™s very dear to me, the issue of gay marriage. Or as I like to call it: â€˜marriage.â€™ You know, because I had lunch this afternoon, not gay lunch. I parked my car; I didnâ€™t gay park it.”
“Do ballet and play football. Sing and dance. Laugh and cry.”
“The first derivative is the last refuge of a scoundrel.”
“I reject that. I would rather recruit a Racist left winger than a right winger.”
“Xiaomi looks a bit like Apple but is really more like Amazon with some elements of Google.”
“Love was even more mathematical than poetry. It was the pure mathematics of the spirit.”

Source : Charles Williams (2016). “Descent Into Hell”, p.65, Charles Williams
“That's the funny thing about old hurts- they just wait for new heartache to come along and then show up, just as sharp and horrible as the first day you woke up with the world changed all around you.”
“The Goddess is Alive. Magic is afoot.”

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