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“Let dull critics feed upon the carcases of plays; give me the taste and the dressing.”

Giving Play Taste Give Me Critics Dull Dressings

Author:Bill Vaughan

“A trite word is an overused word which has lost its identity like an old coat in a second-hand shop. The familiar grows dull and we no longer see, hear, or taste it.”

Hands Lost Grows Identity Taste Familiar Dull Shops Coats Second Hand Overused

Author:Anais Nin

“Tis chiefly taste, or blunt, or gross, or fine, Makes life insipid, bestial, or divine. Better be born with taste to little rent Than the dull monarch of a continent; Without this bounty which the gods bestow, Can Fortune make one favorite happy? No.”

Littles Born Divine Fine Taste Fortune Dull Continents Gross Blunt Monarchs Bounty Insipid

Book:The Poems of Armstrong and Johnson

Source: The Poems of Armstrong and Johnson

“It is not brilliance or facility that is necessary, but the determination to bear and even enjoy the dull process of wading into one's own bad prose again, and one more time, and then once again, with the utmost concentration and taste, looking for opportunities to mine deeper.”

Opportunity Process Enjoy Mines Bears Taste Determination Deeper Dull Prose Concentration More Time Facility Brilliance

Author:Stewart O'Nan

“The makers of literature are those who have seen and felt the miraculous interestingness of the universe. If you have formed...literary taste...your life will be one long ecstasy of denying that the world is a dull place.”

Ifs World Long Universe Literature Felt Taste Dull Makers Ecstasy Miraculous

Author:Arnold Bennett

“Apparently being a mermaid is dead dull. I watched The Little Mermaid with her once a few years ago—she thought it was freaking hilarious. She couldn’t stop laughing about the shell-bra thing, given that mermaids aren’t mammals. Plus, as she put it, Prince Eric was far too hairy and “peach colored” for her taste. I always thought he was pretty hot, but then again, I am a mammal.”

Years Littles Given Laughing Taste Years Ago Hot Dull Plus Shells Eric Mermaid Peaches Bras Mammals

Book:Paranormalcy (Paranormalcy, Book 1)

Source: Paranormalcy (Paranormalcy, Book 1)