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cleolinda:

15. William Faulkner on Ernest Hemingway

“He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.”

14. Ernest Hemingway on William Faulkner

“Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?”

I’m amused that in nearly every case I prefer the insulted over the insultee.

Posted on February 25, 2012 via Occupation: Girl on tumblr with 173 notes

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  Big words are all kinds of meritorious, asshole.
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  “Every time I read ‘Pride and Prejudice,’ I want to dig her up and hit her over the skull with her own shin-bone.” oh...
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  lmao totally not what i was thinking of but completely accurate hahaha
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  hahaha dunja why are you using that word in a text message conversation with me at THREE IN THE MORNING?!
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  the criticism of jane austen (“Miss Austen’s novels … seem to me vulgar in tone, sterile in artistic invention,...
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