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November 03, 2011

Writing Well: Flaubert on Standards.

I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce precisely the sound he hears within.

--Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880)

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Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at November 3, 2011 11:59 PM

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