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commonplace book. n. Formerly Book of common places (see commonplace n. 3). orig. A book in which ‘commonplaces’ or passages important for reference were collected, usually under general heads; hence, a book in which one records passages or matters to be especially remembered or referred to, with or without arrangement. OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2015. Web. 5 April 2015.

commonplace blog. n A commonplace book in a blog.

Friday, June 19, 2015

Let's talk about people

In general, I’d rather talk about other people. Gossip, or, as we gossips like to say, character analysis.

Elizabeth Hardwick (quoted in David Laskin, Partisans: Marriage, Politics, and Betrayal Among the New York Intellectuals (Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2001), p. 202)

Mary Whisner at 10:35 PM

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Let's talk about people

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