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> To quote Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 3, Line 87: “No”. I can see I have hardly been availing myself enough of the plethora of short phrase quality literature quotin
by Nevermark 2y ago
> To quote Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 3, Line 87: “No”.
I can see I have hardly been availing myself enough of the plethora of short phrase quality literature quoting opportunities.
"Indeed"
-- Master Shakespeare, The Passionate Pilgrim, Poem 20, Line 29, Word 6 [0]
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- layer8 2y agoThe art is in finding a line/sentence that consists of only the word in question, in other words a complete utterance. That’s the case for the “No”, but not for your “Indeed”.
- dhosek 2y agoThe difference here is that “No” (actually “No!” in my text) is the entirety of Hamlet III.iii.87 without need to sample less than a line.
- Nevermark 2y agoI believe that might be a difference in degree, not really in kind. And selecting (and documenting) a single word extraction was part of the light hearted point. I was careful not to include a period inside the quote. :)