"Verbose is not a synonym for literary."

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Source : Constance Hale (2001). “Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose”, p.16, Three Rivers Press

Constance Hale

#Synonym Quotes

“Read in order to live.”
“Washington tends to be full of too many traps. I think reporters there do a lot of attending news briefings and news conferences expecting to get the real news out of those relatively sterile environments. But you've got to deal with the obscure people as well as the names.”
“Jesus didn't come to merely speak words that were true, He is the Word that makes us true.”
“It was always fun auditioning for commercials, because that was the beginning of my career, and me figuring out how I was going to portray myself as an actress vs. a model, because models were very different back then in the early '70s. They didn't usually hire models for acting. But I acted first in commercials and then I did modeling, so it was a little different.”
“There are always more choices than you think.”
“I always looked ahead.”
“Even while you're in pain, your happiness will be waiting”
“The important things for a mom is that her kids are watched, and are safe and it's a good care environment.”

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