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Parentheses Quotes

I have a similar affection for the parenthesis (but I always take most of my parentheses out, so as not to call undue attention to the glaring fact that I cannot think in complete sentences, that I think only in short fragments or long, run-on thought relays that the literati call stream of consciousness but I still like to think of as disdain for the finality of the period). Sarah Vowell
Carol Shields quote: "Eventually, everything gets stuck between a pair of..."
Eventually, everything gets stuck between a pair of parentheses or buried in the bottom of a trunk. Carol Shields
Margaret Atwood quote: "Why hyphenate, why parenthesize, unless absolutely necessary?"
Why hyphenate, why parenthesize, unless absolutely necessary? Margaret Atwood
Meg Cabot quote: "hope springs eternal, even in the heart of a fat girl...."
...hope springs eternal, even in the heart of a fat girl. (LOL)(parentheses added) Meg Cabot
Every second, another streak of silver glows: parentheses, exclamation points, commas - a whole grammar made of light, for words too hard to speak. Jodi Picoult
Jodi Picoult quote: "Her hair is longer now, and fine lines bracket her mouth,..."
Her hair is longer now, and fine lines bracket her mouth, parentheses around a lifetime of words I was not around to hear. Jodi Picoult
Steven Wright quote: "If you can’t hear me, it’s because I’m in parentheses."
If you can’t hear me, it’s because I’m in parentheses. Steven Wright
I privately say to you, old friend... please accept from me this unpretentious bouquet of early-blooming parentheses: (((()))). J. D. Salinger
Charles Dickens quote: "Why, Mrs. Piper has a good deal to say, chiefly in parentheses..."
Why, Mrs. Piper has a good deal to say, chiefly in parentheses and without punctuation, but not much to tell. Charles Dickens
George Eliot quote: "Somebody put a drop under a magnifying-glass and it was all..."
Somebody put a drop under a magnifying-glass and it was all semicolons and parentheses. George Eliot
What is hardest to accept about the passage of time is that the people who once mattered the most to us are wrapped up in parentheses. John Irving
Steven Wright quote: "If you can't hear me, it's because I'm in parentheses."
If you can't hear me, it's because I'm in parentheses. Steven Wright
Alan Perlis quote: "We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within..."
We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses. Alan Perlis
David Herbert Lawrence quote: "I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important..."
I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a non-business letter. David Herbert Lawrence

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