Not everything that can be extracted appears in anthologies of quotations, in commonplace books, or on the back of Celestial Seasonings boxes. Only certain sorts of extracts become quotations.
Anatole France frankly advised, "When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it." Yes, indeed, but do more. Copy many… - Gary Saul Morson
Anatole France frankly advised, "When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it." Yes, indeed, but do more. Copy many…
- Gary Saul Morson
Unless created as freestanding works, quotations resemble "found" art. They are analogous, say, to a piece of driftwood identified as formally intere… - Gary Saul Morson
Unless created as freestanding works, quotations resemble "found" art. They are analogous, say, to a piece of driftwood identified as formally intere…
Not everything that can be extracted appears in anthologies of quotations, in commonplace books, or on the back of Celestial Seasonings boxes. Only c… - Gary Saul Morson
Not everything that can be extracted appears in anthologies of quotations, in commonplace books, or on the back of Celestial Seasonings boxes. Only c…
Some lines are born quotations, some are made quotations, and some have "quotation" thrust upon them. - Gary Saul Morson
Some lines are born quotations, some are made quotations, and some have "quotation" thrust upon them.
A single gnomic line can come to resonate with centuries of subsequent wisdom. - Gary Saul Morson
A single gnomic line can come to resonate with centuries of subsequent wisdom.
People who rarely read long books, or even short stories, still appreciate the greatest examples of the shortest literary genres. I have long been fa… - Gary Saul Morson
People who rarely read long books, or even short stories, still appreciate the greatest examples of the shortest literary genres. I have long been fa…
Reframing an extract as a quotation constitutes a kind of coauthorship. With no change in wording, the cited passage becomes different. I imagine tha… - Gary Saul Morson
Reframing an extract as a quotation constitutes a kind of coauthorship. With no change in wording, the cited passage becomes different. I imagine tha…
I wonder if "an" ever occurs before "haughty" except in a quotation, or whether you can make anything sound like a quotation by adding a word like "g… - Gary Saul Morson
I wonder if "an" ever occurs before "haughty" except in a quotation, or whether you can make anything sound like a quotation by adding a word like "g…
An anthology of quotations is a museum of utterances. - Gary Saul Morson
An anthology of quotations is a museum of utterances.
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