Friday, August 24, 2012

Random Quote Friday

"Working with language is a means by which we can identify the bullshit within ourselves (and others). If we learn what a truthful sentence looks like, a little flag goes up at a false one."
 
~~George Saunders, "Thank You, Esther Forbes" in The Braindead Megaphone: Essays
 

2 comments:

  1. ...and thus is the world littered with little flapping flags. ;)

    Love it.

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  2. Reminds me of Hemingway's quote about writers needing to develop a built-in bullshit detector.
    Words to live by!

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