Carolina QuotesWe marvel at them; we read them aloud to our friends and spouses, even, occasionally, to passersby; we analyze them; we lament our inability to match them.
Stanley Fish Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Chapter 1, Why Sentences?, p. 4
- work
- How To Write A Sentence And How To Read One (2011)
- year
- 2011
- locator
- p. 4
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“We marvel at them; we read them aloud to our friends and spo…” Stanley Fish. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-22D32494CA. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/22d32494ca
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