Caroline Starr Rose

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On Writing

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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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  1. Kristi Faith says

    November 3, 2009 at 3:18 pm

    oooh good quote, Caroline. Thanks for sharing ๐Ÿ™‚

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  2. Jeanette Levellie says

    November 3, 2009 at 5:12 pm

    Excellent quote. Thank you!

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  3. Yaya' s Changing World says

    November 3, 2009 at 6:06 pm

    How profound! It makes a person really think, doesn’t it?

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  4. Tamika: says

    November 3, 2009 at 6:56 pm

    Love the quote! Oh how I need lots of healthy sentences.

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  5. CKHB says

    November 3, 2009 at 7:50 pm

    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.

    ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  6. Sharon Mayhew says

    November 4, 2009 at 3:04 am

    Caroline,

    Did you like diagramming sentences when you were in school? Me too…

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  7. Caroline Starr Rose says

    November 4, 2009 at 2:24 pm

    Sharon, I loved diagramming sentences! Language is like a puzzle to solve but also a fluid thing beyond structure. What else is like that??

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