Language is like a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.
- Gustave Flaubert
[stolen from Peony Moon]
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Brilliant quote, Rustum! ;)
Stolen from Gustave Flaubert.
Moving the stars to pity can be done; it’s getting the damned bears to dance that’s the writer’s problem.