tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post2077610540995433789..comments2024-03-28T02:36:55.037-04:00Comments on Brooklyn Arden: The Quote File: SentencesCherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972029478350879112noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-73441445255269308572008-05-09T22:41:00.000-04:002008-05-09T22:41:00.000-04:00Nice stuff, thanks! I, too, like the Twain quote e...Nice stuff, thanks! I, too, like the Twain quote especially.<BR/><BR/>Stephen King said that the primary unit of English prose is the not the sentence, but the paragraph. I think there's some truth there.<BR/><BR/>Cynthia Ozick's quote convinces me never to read Cynthia Ozick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-9255723688439978012008-05-09T04:29:00.000-04:002008-05-09T04:29:00.000-04:00Hemingway is right..and it's probably the hardest ...Hemingway is right..and it's probably the hardest thing to do. Maybe the harder you try, the harder it gets. It will come to everyone-one sentence that is so honest, so defining-and it will come in the most unexpected moments, or so effortlessly that if it isn't caught, it's gone. Maybe when that lonely farmer in Iowa is trying to hitchhike a ride in the pouring rain. Or after an 80-year old blows out the candles on her cake. There's a sentence for everyone. <BR/><BR/><BR/>ps-Excuse the rant, Cheryl, sometimes people say such amazing things, the thread of thought leaves it's trails everywhere..Sharanyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10854112156033972511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-3005972898442140232008-05-08T11:42:00.000-04:002008-05-08T11:42:00.000-04:00I love them all, but it's the Jacques Barzun one t...I love them all, but it's the Jacques Barzun one that gives me hope. I never think I can write a glittering paragraph, and even a true sentence strains my abilities some days, but I can just put the words down. Whew.Libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406720496767981522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-38507895938005286302008-05-08T08:42:00.000-04:002008-05-08T08:42:00.000-04:00Wonderful quotes! I love the Mark Twain one... oh,...Wonderful quotes! I love the Mark Twain one... oh, to write that glittering paragraph!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-91084540905375088542008-05-07T23:07:00.000-04:002008-05-07T23:07:00.000-04:00Great collection of quotes, Cheryl. I especially ...Great collection of quotes, Cheryl. I especially like the Lish.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15169707337312707247noreply@blogger.com