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A great Russian poet said (paraphrasing), "A good book is one from which you can't take any word out without losing the meaning."
by andr 18y ago
A great Russian poet said (paraphrasing), "A good book is one from which you can't take any word out without losing the meaning."
- inklesspen 18y agoI love the irony in that you've likely taken out some words in paraphrasing. Also, Antonine Saint-Exupery said "A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."