"The secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components,"

-- William Zinsser

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“A global deal will only be possible if Britain plays its part, leading the way with other developed countries.”
“Our allies, Great Britain, Australia, Israel, some of the strongest militaries in the world, allow transgender people to serve openly and have experienced no ill effects from that.”
“Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.”
“For if hevene be on this erthe, and ese to any soule,It is in cloistre or in scole.”

Source : 'Piers Plowman' B text (ed. A. V. C. Schmidt, 1987) Passus 10, l. 297
“Man truly achieves his full human condition when he produces without being compelled by the physical necessity of selling himself as a commodity.”
“Behind the newspaper Julian was withdrawing into the inner compartment of his mind where he spent most of his time. This was a kind of mental bubble in which he established himself when he could not bear to be a part of what was going on around him. From it he could see out and judge but in it he was safe from any kind of penetration from without. It was the only place where he felt free of the general idiocy of his fellows. His mother had never entered it but from it he could see her with absolute clarity.”
“Devil, do you dare approach me? and do you not fear the fierce vengeance of my arm wreaked on your miserable head?”
“Don't you find any irony in a vampire sucking up?”

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