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"The proofreader at Ace was asleep on the job when this came out. Inconsistent punctuation, spelling that flips for no reason between US and UK usage, and words that are just outright misspellings. I can forgive the made-up contractions and dialect speech because that at least has a purpose even if it is too much like {author:Joel Chandler Harris|7320] But the rest I wish they had had a more attentive proofreader." — Jul 16, 2023 03:14PM
"The proofreader at Ace was asleep on the job when this came out. Inconsistent punctuation, spelling that flips for no reason between US and UK usage, and words that are just outright misspellings. I can forgive the made-up contractions and dialect speech because that at least has a purpose even if it is too much like {author:Joel Chandler Harris|7320] But the rest I wish they had had a more attentive proofreader." — Jul 16, 2023 03:14PM
“Damn everything but the circus! ...damn everything that is grim, dull, motionless, unrisking, inward turning, damn everything that won't get into the circle, that won't enjoy. That won't throw it's heart into the tension, surprise, fear and delight of the circus, the round world, the full existence...”
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“Craiceann a shníonn
go gléineach thar do ghéaga
mar bhainne á dháil as crúiscíní
am lóin
is tread gabhar ag gabháil thar chnocáin
do chuid gruaige
cnocáin ar a bhfuil faillte arda
is dhá ghleann atá domhain.
(Leaba Shíoda)”
― Spíonáin is Róiseanna
go gléineach thar do ghéaga
mar bhainne á dháil as crúiscíní
am lóin
is tread gabhar ag gabháil thar chnocáin
do chuid gruaige
cnocáin ar a bhfuil faillte arda
is dhá ghleann atá domhain.
(Leaba Shíoda)”
― Spíonáin is Róiseanna
“Every page should explode, either because of its staggering absurdity, the enthusiasm of its principles, or its typography.”
― Manifesti del dadaismo
― Manifesti del dadaismo
“An cinniúnt, is dócha: féach an féileacán úd thall atá ag foluain os cionn mo choinnle. Ní fada go loiscfear a sciatháin mhaiseacha: cá bhfios dúinne nach bhfuil a fhios sin aige, freisin?”
― An Chéad Chloch
― An Chéad Chloch
“Each new grammar pattern we find sheds light on how the human brain creates language. The loss of even one language may forever close the door to a full understanding of human cognitive capacity.”
― When Languages Die: The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge
― When Languages Die: The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge
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