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The most obvious attraction of quotation is that it gives you a little vacation from writing\u2014the other person is doing the work. All you have to do is type. But there is a reason beyond sloth for my liking of quotation at length. It permits you to show the thing itself rather than the pale, and never quite right, simulacrum that paraphrase is.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2014Janet Malcom, The Art of Nonfiction No. 4<\/a><\/p>\n

\nHappy Memorial Day! Enjoy the long weekend. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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