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Lynne Truss Quotes

In my worst moments, I think the biggest effect of ‘Eats, Shoots and Leaves’ was to kill the happiness of people who had previously skipped through life, unaware of all the atrocities lurking in the world around them Picture Quote #1

When you by nature subscribe to the view that everyone except yourself is a berk or a wanker, it is hard to bond with anybody in any rational common cause Picture Quote #1

I hate to be treated as if I’m invisible. I get incensed when people talk across me or refuse to catch my eye in a restaurant or shop Picture Quote #1

The idea of withholding a massive secret is obviously quite exciting to some people. It is also the basis of much classic drama, of course, from Sophocles onwards Picture Quote #1

Oh, the illusion of choice in the modern world - don’t get me started. But don’t you agree that the Internet has softened our brains and made us forget that ‘choice’ used to mean something different from selecting options from menus? Picture Quote #1

What I have always liked about Brighton is its impersonality. Since the 18th century, people have come, used the place and gone home again Picture Quote #1

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The advent of the mobile phone was a disaster. We are forced to listen, open-mouthed, to other people’s intimate conversations. Increasingly, we are all in our virtual bubbles when we are out in public, whether we are texting, listening to iPods, reading or just staring dangerously at other people Picture Quote #1

Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves Picture Quote #1

The reason to stand up for punctuation is that without it there is no reliable way of communicating meaning Picture Quote #1

The rule is: don’t use commas like a stupid person. I mean it Picture Quote #1

Don’t pessimism and caution naturally go hand in hand? Picture Quote #1

Punctuation is a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling Picture Quote #1

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Proper punctuation is both the sign and the cause of clear thinking Picture Quote #1

Manners are about imagination, ultimately. They are about imagining being the other person Picture Quote #1

I do needlepoint from kits. I give them as gifts to people in the form of cushion covers and they are often speechless with horror Picture Quote #1

Why did the Apostrophe Protection Society not have a militant wing? Could I start one? Where do you get balaclavas? Picture Quote #1

There are people who embrace the Oxford comma and those who don't, and I'll just say this: never get between these people when drink has been taken Picture Quote #1

You know those self-help books that give you permission to love yourself? This one gives you permission to love punctuation Picture Quote #1

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Cruelty to punctuation is quite unlegislated: you can get away with pulling the legs off semicolons; shrivelling question marks on the garden path under a powerful magnifying glass; you name it Picture Quote #1

On the page, punctuation performs its grammatical function, but in the mind of the reader it does more than that. It tells the reader how to hum the tune Picture Quote #1

Using the comma well announces that you have an ear for sense and rhythm, confidence in your style and a proper respect for your reader Picture Quote #1

If there is one lesson to be learned from this book, it is that there is never a dull moment in the world of punctuation Picture Quote #1

If colons and semicolons give themselves airs and graces, at least they also confer airs and graces that the language would be lost without Picture Quote #1

Writers and painters alike are in the business of consulting their own imaginations, and stimulating the imaginations of others. Together, and separately, they celebrate the absolute mystery of otherness Picture Quote #1

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Nice clothes fall apart. Nice clocks don’t work. Bits fall off the nice cooker. It is hard to accept that pricing is unrelated to quality, but it’s plainly true. Nowadays, we pay the price that satisfies our particular personality type; and then we live with the painful consequences Picture Quote #1

I used to help my dad with a stall selling eggs when I was about 12. People were so hard up they would ask for one egg. But mostly no one came by at all. It was very demoralising Picture Quote #1

What one discovers in life, I find, is that one’s personality defects don’t come and go Picture Quote #1

To some people, the fact that I am not married, or don’t have children, would be the reason I have written a book on punctuation Picture Quote #1

I hate to be treated as if I’m invisible. I get incensed when people talk across me or refuse to catch my eye in a restaurant or shop Picture Quote #1

Jessie had never heard you could inherit madness. She thought madness was something that just happened to people in Shakespeare when the wind got up Picture Quote #1

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In my worst moments, I think the biggest effect of ‘Eats, Shoots and Leaves’ was to kill the happiness of people who had previously skipped through life, unaware of all the atrocities lurking in the world around them. (Lynne Truss Quotes) When you by nature subscribe to the view that everyone except yourself is a berk or a wanker, it is hard to bond with anybody in any rational common cause. (Lynne Truss Quotes) I hate to be treated as if I’m invisible. I get incensed when people talk across me or refuse to catch my eye in a restaurant or shop. (Lynne Truss Quotes) The idea of withholding a massive secret is obviously quite exciting to some people. It is also the basis of much classic drama, of course, from Sophocles onwards (Lynne Truss Quotes) Oh, the illusion of choice in the modern world - don’t get me started. But don’t you agree that the Internet has softened our brains and made us forget that ‘choice’ used to mean something different from selecting options from menus? (Lynne Truss Quotes) What I have always liked about Brighton is its impersonality. Since the 18th century, people have come, used the place and gone home again (Lynne Truss Quotes) The advent of the mobile phone was a disaster. We are forced to listen, open-mouthed, to other people’s intimate conversations. Increasingly, we are all in our virtual bubbles when we are out in public, whether we are texting, listening to iPods, reading or just staring dangerously at other people (Lynne Truss Quotes) Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves (Lynne Truss Quotes) The reason to stand up for punctuation is that without it there is no reliable way of communicating meaning (Lynne Truss Quotes) The rule is: don’t use commas like a stupid person. I mean it (Lynne Truss Quotes) Don’t pessimism and caution naturally go hand in hand? (Lynne Truss Quotes) Punctuation is a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling (Lynne Truss Quotes) Proper punctuation is both the sign and the cause of clear thinking (Lynne Truss Quotes) Manners are about imagination, ultimately. They are about imagining being the other person (Lynne Truss Quotes) I do needlepoint from kits. I give them as gifts to people in the form of cushion covers and they are often speechless with horror (Lynne Truss Quotes) Why did the Apostrophe Protection Society not have a militant wing? Could I start one? Where do you get balaclavas? (Lynne Truss Quotes) There are people who embrace the Oxford comma and those who don't, and I'll just say this: never get between these people when drink has been taken (Lynne Truss Quotes) You know those self-help books that give you permission to love yourself? This one gives you permission to love punctuation (Lynne Truss Quotes) Cruelty to punctuation is quite unlegislated: you can get away with pulling the legs off semicolons; shrivelling question marks on the garden path under a powerful magnifying glass; you name it (Lynne Truss Quotes) On the page, punctuation performs its grammatical function, but in the mind of the reader it does more than that. It tells the reader how to hum the tune (Lynne Truss Quotes) Using the comma well announces that you have an ear for sense and rhythm, confidence in your style and a proper respect for your reader (Lynne Truss Quotes) If there is one lesson to be learned from this book, it is that there is never a dull moment in the world of punctuation (Lynne Truss Quotes) If colons and semicolons give themselves airs and graces, at least they also confer airs and graces that the language would be lost without (Lynne Truss Quotes) Writers and painters alike are in the business of consulting their own imaginations, and stimulating the imaginations of others. Together, and separately, they celebrate the absolute mystery of otherness (Lynne Truss Quotes) Nice clothes fall apart. Nice clocks don’t work. Bits fall off the nice cooker. It is hard to accept that pricing is unrelated to quality, but it’s plainly true. Nowadays, we pay the price that satisfies our particular personality type; and then we live with the painful consequences (Lynne Truss Quotes) I used to help my dad with a stall selling eggs when I was about 12. People were so hard up they would ask for one egg. But mostly no one came by at all. It was very demoralising (Lynne Truss Quotes) What one discovers in life, I find, is that one’s personality defects don’t come and go (Lynne Truss Quotes) To some people, the fact that I am not married, or don’t have children, would be the reason I have written a book on punctuation (Lynne Truss Quotes) I hate to be treated as if I’m invisible. I get incensed when people talk across me or refuse to catch my eye in a restaurant or shop (Lynne Truss Quotes) Jessie had never heard you could inherit madness. She thought madness was something that just happened to people in Shakespeare when the wind got up (Lynne Truss Quotes)

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