#sentence

I never leave a sentence or a paragraph until I'm satisfied with it. ↗

— Clifford Geertz

#leave #never #paragraph #satisfied #sentence

For some people, their idea of getting tough is longer suspended sentences. ↗

— Jeremy Larner

#idea #longer #people #sentences #some

Elvis Presley, you can't define him in a couple of sentences, but he was a country boy and he was very respectful. ↗

— Jerry Leiber

#country #country boy #couple #define #elvis

The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property. ↗

— Karl Marx

#communism #may #private #private property #property

The rosary was said every evening. I always liked that sentence about the medieval Churches, that they were the Bibles of the poor. The Church was my first book and I would think it is still my most important book. ↗

— John McGahern

#always #book #church #churches #evening

You expect far too much of a first sentence. Think of it as analogous to a good country breakfast: what we want is something simple, but nourishing to the imagination. ↗

— Larry McMurtry

#breakfast #country #expect #far #first

What makes literature interesting is that it does not survive its translation. The characters in a novel are made out of the sentences. That's what their substance is. ↗

— Jonathan Miller

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The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them. ↗

— Hugh Prather

#continuous #frustration #live #myself #only

Language in fiction is made up of equal parts meaning and music. The sentences should have rhythm and cadence, they should engage and delight the inner ear. ↗

— Michael Cunningham

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