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Tag: <span>Mark Twain</span>

Epigrams

September 1, 2009 gaisheagirl 1 Comment

I love epigrams.   The English critic and poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, said, “What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole,…

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Posted in: History, humor, reading, writing Filed under: books, Epigrams, Life, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Tempation, The Secret to Life, Words, Writer

The Rules of Storytelling

June 21, 2009 gaisheagirl

There are many rules for writing.  Some are followed; some are ignored.  And, somehow, it seems in much of today’s…

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Posted in: humor, Life, publishing, Words, writing Filed under: fiction, Mark Twain, reading, Rules for Writing, Storytelling, Twain's Top Ten, Writing Rules

Wilde Morality

November 5, 2008 gaisheagirl

“Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace.”…Oscar Wilde Certainly, Mr. Wilde drew many interesting lines during his lifetime. Each…

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Posted in: Politics, writing Filed under: Lines, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, The Art of Allowing, Tolerance

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