Cyril Connolly's Quote - Words today are like the shells and rope of seaweed which a child

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Words today are like the shells and rope of seaweed which a child

Words today are like the shells and rope of seaweed which a child brings home glistening from the beach and which in an hour have lost their luster. – Cyril Connolly

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The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment he is following the dark rapids of an underground river which may sometimes flow so near to the surface that the laughing picnic parties are heard above. – Cyril Connolly

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Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once. – Cyril Connolly

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Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of taste. – Cyril Connolly

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