Bookish people, who are often maladroit people, persist in thinking they can master any subtlety so long as it's been shaped into acceptable expository prose.

Carol Shields
Bookish people, who are often maladroit people, persist in thinking...
Bookish people, who are often maladroit people, persist in thinking...
Bookish people, who are often maladroit people, persist in thinking...
Bookish people, who are often maladroit people, persist in thinking...
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Often maladroit people. Repetitive, purposeless, and overly sentimental writing is an ugly thing. It's the sort of writing that makes it seem like the writer is kind of stupid. He or she is not smart enough to be able to write anything else than repetitive, purposeless, and overly sentimental prose.

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