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— Hippolyte Taine"His tongue is by turns a sponge, a brush, a comb. He cleans himself, he smooths himself, he knows what is proper."
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Let me stop there, but my God, how beautiful Shakespeare is, who else is as mysterious as he is; his language and method are like a brush trembling with excitement and ecstasy. But one must learn to read, just as one must learn to see and learn to live.
— Vincent Van Gogh
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I spoke it soft, but close enough to brush against her lips. I spoke it quiet, but near enough so that the sound of it went twining through her hair. I spoke it hard and firm and dark and sweet.
— Patrick Rothfuss
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