The Joy of Words

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Seems Simple Enough

“Child, to say the very thing you really mean, the whole of it, nothing more or less or other than what you really mean; that’s the whole art and joy of words.”

—C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), novelist, academic and philosopher, Till We Have Faces, 1956

• Editorial Comment: If that’s true, how to understand politicians?


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“Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.” —Tom Stoppard
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