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the figures of rhetoric, which are the techniques for making a single phrase striking and memorable just by altering the wording.
“I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow; but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.”
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“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
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“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
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“Never do anything yourself that others can do for you.”
― The Labours of Hercules
― The Labours of Hercules
“Another female household-hinter gave me a recipe for a big hearty main dish of elbow macaroni, mint jelly, lima beans, mayonnaise and cheese baked until 'hot and yummy.' Unless my taste buds are paralyzed, this dish could be baked until hell freezes over and it might get hot but never 'yummy.”
― Onions in the Stew
― Onions in the Stew
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