Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Quote of the Day (Isaac Babel, on the Impact of Literary Style)

“No iron spike can pierce a human heart as icily as a period in the right place.” —Russian short-story writer Isaac Babel (1894-1940?), “Guy de Maupassant,” in The Complete Works of Isaac Babel, translated by Peter Constantine and edited by Nathalie Babel (2001)

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