A perfectly healthy sentence, it is true, is extremely rare. For the most part we miss the hue and fragrance of the thought; as if we could be satisfied with the dews of the morning or evening without their colors, or the heavens without their azure.
-Henry David Thoreau
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oooh good quote, Caroline. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Excellent quote. Thank you!
How profound! It makes a person really think, doesn’t it?
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Love the quote! Oh how I need lots of healthy sentences.
Come on back to my blog, I have some advice for you in the comments! I don’t know how GOOD the advice is, but it’s an idea, at least.
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Caroline,
Did you like diagramming sentences when you were in school? Me too…
Sharon, I loved diagramming sentences! Language is like a puzzle to solve but also a fluid thing beyond structure. What else is like that??