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George Orwell
“(i) Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
(ii) Never use a long word where a short one will do.
(iii) If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
(iv) Never use the passive where you can use the active.
(v) Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
(vi) Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.”
George Orwell, Politics and the English Language

George Orwell
“Other words used in variable meanings, in most cases more or less dishonestly, are: class, totalitarian, science, progressive, reactionary, bourgeois, equality. Now”
George Orwell, Politics and the English Language

George Orwell
“It is easier – even quicker, once you have the habit – to say In my opinion it is a not unjustifiable assumption that than to say I think. If you use ready-made phrases, you not only don’t have to hunt about for words; you also don’t have to bother with the rhythms of your sentences, since these phrases are generally so arranged as to be more or less euphonious.”
George Orwell, Politics and the English Language

Silvia Moreno-Garcia
“It was the house that disfigured the land.”
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Mexican Gothic

“Life finds a way”
Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park

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