Wednesday 11 November 2009

Glorious Insults




"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."
Clarence Darrow
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"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the Dictionary."
William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).
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"Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?"
Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner).
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"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it."
Moses Hadas