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"Based on the prologue I'm gonna love it but it'll take me forever bc my Spanish is pretty bad. But that's what practice is for, and I think I made a good choice for a book to practice with" — Jun 20, 2025 07:51PM
"Based on the prologue I'm gonna love it but it'll take me forever bc my Spanish is pretty bad. But that's what practice is for, and I think I made a good choice for a book to practice with" — Jun 20, 2025 07:51PM
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"This may be one of the best books ever written." — 11 hours, 0 min ago
"This may be one of the best books ever written." — 11 hours, 0 min ago
“This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It’s like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety. Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and I create music. Music. The writing sings. It has a pleasant rhythm, a lilt, a harmony. I use short sentences. And I use sentences of medium length. And sometimes, when I am certain the reader is rested, I will engage him with a sentence of considerable length, a sentence that burns with energy and builds with all the impetus of a crescendo, the roll of the drums, the crash of the cymbals–sounds that say listen to this, it is important.”
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“If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats.”
― The Wide Window
― The Wide Window
“I'm never going to accomplish anything; that's perfectly clear to me. I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do anything. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more.”
― Here Lies: The Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker
― Here Lies: The Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker
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