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At the New Yorker

by George Steiner

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Apr 06, 2023 08:49AM

“His whole future seemed suddenly to be unrolled before him; and passing down its endless emptiness he saw the dwindling figure of a man to whom nothing was ever to happen.”
― Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence

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“Whatever it is, I'm against it.”
― Groucho Marx

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“Women ought to be free - as free as we are,' he declared, making a discovery of which he was too irritated to measure the terrific consequences.”
― Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence

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“Though she be but little, she is fierce!”
― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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“An unalterable and unquestioned law of the musical world required that the German text of French operas sung by Swedish artists should be translated into Italian for the clearer understanding of English-speaking audiences.”
― Edith Wharton

tags: language, music, paradox, understanding

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