“If Shakespeare required a word and had not met it in civilised discourse, he unhesitatingly made it up.”
― A Mouthful of Air: Languages and Language, Especially English
― A Mouthful of Air: Languages and Language, Especially English
“Besides, animals don’t even have time. Only humans have time. It’s what makes us different.”
― Girlfriend in a Coma
― Girlfriend in a Coma
“I felt a tremendous distance between myself and everything real.”
― The Rum Diary
― The Rum Diary
“She had done it. O, amazing grace. The woman had looked into the abyss and then walked out across it. No net. No way back. Amazing.”
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