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Posts tagged ‘Language’

Mar 15

“Our world isn’t made of earth, air and water or even molecules and atoms; our world is made of language..” —Tom Robbins

The rising and setting of the sun: a metaphor of a day on a spinning ball of words in a universe of verse.

Perhaps things are not things but words: metaphors, words for other things.

—Octavio Paz

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Jun 9

“In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty.” ―Phil Ochs

When a Peacemaker was a lawman’s six-shooter, trigger fingers made peace signs.

“And you must learn to protect yourself with the pen, and not the gun.”

―Josephine Baker

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Jun 5

“We have escapist fiction, so why not escapist biography?” ―John Kenneth Galbraith

Amazing science stories let us explore worlds far, far away, and discover strange life forms.

“Science fiction frees you to go anyplace and examine anything.”

―Octavia E. Butler

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