Scott Johnson

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“When the first-rate author wants an exquisite heroine or a lovely morning, he finds that all the superlatives have been worn shoddy by his inferiors. It should be a rule that bad writers must start with plain heroines and ordinary mornings, and, if they are able, work up to something better.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)

“Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)