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Posted on February 18, 2018

10 random quotes from Wikiquote

An exercise in found juxtaposition – ten consecutive results of Wikiquote’s random quote feature. On each page, I will select the quote that corresponds to which iteration I am on…

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Posted on January 24, 2018March 9, 2018

Silence and the limits of language

“That for which we find words in something already dead in our hearts. There always is a kind of contempt in the act of speaking.” – Nietzsche, The Twilight of…

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Posted on September 28, 2015

Adding Value To Writing. Nthposition. January 2009.

The original is here . In retrospect, this piece was really about stringing three of my favourite quotes about writing into a piece. “I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.” ADDING…

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