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“Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit.”

Ifs Character Mines Reader Wit Nerves Gifted Aspire

Book:Essays of Elia

Source: Essays of Elia

“Abstracts, abridgments, summaries, etc., have the same use with burning-glasses,--to collect the diffused light rays of wit and learning in authors, and make them point with warmth and quickness upon the reader's imagination.”

Use Light Imagination Reader Glasses Wit Burning Etc Warmth Rays Summary Quickness

Author:Jonathan Swift

“A poem's life and death dependeth still Not on the poet's wits, but reader's will.”

Stills Poet Reader Wit Life And Death

Author:Alexander Brome

“In I Praise My Destroyer, Diane Ackerman demonstrates once again her love for the specific language that rises from the juncture of self and the natural world, and her skillful use of that language. Whether she turns her attention to the act of eating an apricot 'the color of shame and dawn,' or to 'the omnipotence of light,' or to grief when 'All the greens of summer have blown apart,' her linking of unique images, her energetic wit and whimsy, her compassionate investment in life, always bring new pleasures and perceptions to the reader.”

“The novel...creates a bemusing effect. The short story, on the other hand wakes the reader up. Not only that, it answers the primitive craving for art, the wit, paradox and beauty of shape, the longing to see a dramatic pattern and significance in our experience.”

Art Stories Hands Answers Novel Effects Reader Shapes Longing Patterns Wit Dramatic Significance Paradox Short Story Primitive Craving

Author:V. S. Pritchett

“I shall endeavour to enliven Morality with Wit, and to temper Wit with Morality, that my Readers may, if possible, both Ways findtheir Account in the Speculation of the Day.”

Ifs Way May Reader Morality Accounts Wit Temper Speculation Endeavour

Book:The Spectator: With a Biographical and Critical Preface, and Explanatory Notes ...

Source: The Spectator: With a Biographical and Critical Preface, and Explanatory Notes ...

“Mere words will not do. They must convey the color, charm, and pulse of life. They must have a private twinkle of wit in them that makes a good-natured noise like laughter through the keyhole of the reader's mind.”

Mind Color Reader Laughter Mere Wit Noise Charm Pulse Keyholes

Author:Corra May Harris

“MIke Lee writes with honesty, penetration, wit and the ability to surprise the reader with an unexpected turn from time to time that enriches the experience.”

Writing Turns Ability Honesty Reader Surprise Wit Unexpected Mike Penetration Unexpected Turns

Author:Norman Mailer

“The essay must be artistically rendered: You must keep the reader engaged, whether with wit, conflict, mischief, and/or yes, with honesty.”

Honesty Reader Conflict Wit Engaged Essays Mischief

Author:Phillip Lopate

“Whether it's viewers of the show or readers of my columns and books, I'm consistently impressed with their wit, humor and insight. That goes for about 95 percent of the audience. The other five percent are why the 'Delete' option and restraining orders were invented.”

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Author:Richard Roeper