Famous quotes containing the words floating, point and/or interpretive:
“Novels as dull as dishwater, with the grease of random sentiments floating on top.”
—Italo Calvino (19231985)
“This was a great point gained; the archdeacon would certainly not come to morning service at Westminster Abbey, even though he were in London; and here the warden could rest quietly, and, when the time came, duly say his prayers.”
—Anthony Trollope (18151882)
“The ambivalence of writing is such that it can be considered both an act and an interpretive process that follows after an act with which it cannot coincide. As such, it both affirms and denies its own nature.”
—Paul De Man (19191983)
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