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Book Review: A Little Book of Language

‘We’ll never get them to notice us if we say ordinary things in an ordinary way…’

‘Winner? Buckles!’

‘The power to hurt is a kind of wealth…’

‘We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane…’

‘I write for love, but love doesn’t pay the bills…’

‘All great and precious things are lonely…’

‘All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting…’

‘You can tell a lot about someone in a minute, if you choose the right minute…‘

‘If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed…’

‘I take my work too seriously…’