"All that is literature seeks to communicate power"

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Source : 'Letters to a Young Man whose Education has been Neglected' no. 3, in the 'London Magazine' January-July 1823. De Quincey adds that he is indebted for this distinction to 'many years' conversation with Mr Wordsworth'

Thomas de Quincey

#Literature Quotes #Communicate Quotes

“Today President Obama is in the Middle East. He met the new king of Saudi Arabia. Obama also met Saudi Arabia's first lady, the second lady, third lady, and fourth lady.”
“Iâ€™ve been friends with all these people for so many years nowâ€¦. Iâ€™m so lucky to have Jennifer [Lawrence] and Josh [Hutcherson] and Woody [Harrelson] and all these other great people. Weâ€™ve created really strong bonds. Itâ€™s like high school because weâ€™ll mess around for half the day and then weâ€™ll do a little bit of work. Everyoneâ€™s goofing around and trying to mess each other up.”
“I'd love to be the political voice of my generation, but that's not my gift.”
“Everything is sweetened by risk.”
“Don King sucks...Don King sucks...Don King sucks...”
“With how many things are we on the brink of becoming acquainted, if cowardice or carelessness did not restrain our inquiries.”
“Certain elements of teen life that, 10 years ago, were very important to me still, are becoming less so as I get older. I mean, Ive kinda gotten over, I guess Im saying, the fact that I had trouble getting a date for the prom.”
“There is something about the water - that solitary kind of peaceful feeling. You're on earth but not quite.”

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