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"The idea — the core idea of humanism — is that the act of reading about great deeds will lead you to imitate them,.."

— Stanley Fish How To Write A Sentence And How To Read One (2011)

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No word floats without an anchoring connection within an overall structure.

How To Write A Sentence And How To Read One (2011)

Before the words slide into their slots, they are just discrete items, pointing everywhere and nowhere.

How To Write A Sentence And How To Read One (2011)

They are their own monuments, as is this quietly thrilling sentence.

How To Write A Sentence And How To Read One (2011)

Sentence writers are not copyists; they are selectors.

How To Write A Sentence And How To Read One (2011)

The category of first sentence makes sense only if it is looking forward to the development of thematic concerns it perhaps only dimly foreshadows.

How To Write A Sentence And How To Read One (2011)

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

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Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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