Quoting Isaac Babel, Guy de Maupassant

I spoke to her of style, of an army of words, an army in which every type of weapon is deployed. No iron spike can pierce a human heart as icily as a period in the right place.

— Isaac Babel, Guy de Maupassant

3:32pm on November 28, 2024 from Vancouver, Canada.


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