William Francis Henry King quotes
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“In literary composition a well-chosen quotation lights up the page like a fine engraving...”
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“Indeed a good quotation hardly ever comes amiss. It is a pleasing break in the thread of a speech or writing, allowing the speaker or writer to retire for an instant while another and greater makes himself heard. And this calling-up of the deathless dead implies also a community of mind with them, which the reader will not grudge the author lest he should seem to deny it to himself.”
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“...the curious hunter-up of rare quotations... the young and struggling scribbler...”
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“...the taste of the finely-worded truth rolled upon the tongue as its thought is revolved in the mind.”
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Source : Abbi Glines, Colleen Hoover, Jamie McGuire (2013). “The Atria Indie Lovers Collection: Twisted Perfection, Losing Hope, and Red Hill”, p.205, Simon and Schuster
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“When the spirit shines, even foggy skies make pleasant light.”
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“Writers are spies. Outsiders. Believers in the turning pages.”
Source : Alexis De Veaux (1974). “Spirits in the street”
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“More and more I understand that it's very fine not to know where you come from.”
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“The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.”