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“Words are like stories, don’t you think, Mr. Sweatman? They change as they are passed from mouth to mouth; their meanings stretch or truncate to fit what needs to be said.”
― The Dictionary of Lost Words
― The Dictionary of Lost Words
“A vulgar word, well placed and said with just enough vigour, can express far more than its polite equivalent.”
― The Dictionary of Lost Words
― The Dictionary of Lost Words
“Words. I had always loved them. I collected them, like I had collected pretty stones as a child. I liked to roll words over my tongue like a lump of molten honeycomb, savouring the sweetness, the crackle, the crunch.”
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“Live the full life of the mind, exhilarated by new ideas, intoxicated by the Romance of the unusual.”
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“Ninety percent of the children’s books patronize the child and say there’s a difference between you and me, so you listen to this story. I, for some reason or another, don’t do that. I treat the child as an equal.”
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