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"time. Language is not a protocol legislated by an authority but rather a wiki that pools the contributions of millions of writers and speakers, who ceaselessly bend the language to their needs and who inexorably age, die, and get replaced by their children, who adapt the language in their turn." — Aug 12, 2016 02:50AM
"time. Language is not a protocol legislated by an authority but rather a wiki that pools the contributions of millions of writers and speakers, who ceaselessly bend the language to their needs and who inexorably age, die, and get replaced by their children, who adapt the language in their turn." — Aug 12, 2016 02:50AM
either. General knowledge wasn’t a trait that was rewarded at the bureau; it wasn’t a game show. Hard work and ambition and the benefits of favoritism were how you got ahead. In fact, I preferred for my colleagues to believe I was ignorant.
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“Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”
― A Room of One’s Own
― A Room of One’s Own
“Do those things that incline you toward the big questions, and avoid the things that would reduce you and make you trivial.”
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“Stories make sense when so much around us is senseless, and perhaps what makes them most comforting is that while life goes on and pain goes on, stories do us the favor of ending.”
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“Love blurs your vision; but after it recedes, you can see more clearly than ever. It's like the tide going out, revealing whatever's been thrown away and sunk: broken bottles, old gloves, rusting pop cans, nibbled fishbodies, bones. This is the kind of thing you see if you sit in the darkness with open eyes, not knowing the future.”
― Cat's Eye
― Cat's Eye
“In the middle, the river was a deep green, scattered with rocks poking their noses up for a breath. The water charged around them, creating eddies and whirlpools. Closer to the bank, the current dragged lengths of weed along with it so it seemed that long-haired women swam just under the surface, never coming up for air.”
― Our Endless Numbered Days
― Our Endless Numbered Days
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This group is for students in Samar Barakat's Grade 10 English literature class. If provides a forum for students to review books they are opting to r ...more
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This is a group for current 10th graders in my English class at BESGB. To begin with, we are focusing on posting reviews of the book Outliers which st ...more
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