Affectation Quotes

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F. Scott Fitzgerald
“His expression combined that of a Middle-western farmer appraising his wheat-crop and that of an actor wondering whether he is observed - the public manner of all good Americans.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned

N.D. Wilson
“Affectation is really a question of heart motive. Growing into a persona is an essential part of maturing. Anything you might choose to do is going to contribute to one persona or another. People will only call attention to it if it is markedly different from the course you were apparently on before.”
N.D. Wilson, The Rhetoric Companion

Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“One of the main functions of jargon is to exaggerate expertise.”
Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“ভালোবাসি শুধু তোমায়,

দিও ঠাঁই মনের মণিকোঠায়,

রেখো আমায় আগলে মায়ায়,

রেখো আমায় ভালোবাসায়!”
Md. Ziaul Haque