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eggcorns
ex-patriot instead of expatriate mating name instead of maiden name on the spurt of the moment instead of on the spur of the moment preying mantis instead of praying mantis Eggcorns instead of acorns
Sharp nostalgia, infinite and terrible
Nostalgia aguda, infinita, terrible, de lo que tengo. Juan Ram├│n Jim├®nez
Es mas triste
Es triste amar sin ser correspondido, pero es mas triste acostarse sin haber comido. – Elsiana Guido y Carol Nosko
If…
If you’re hungry, pray. If you’re tired, Pray to Gandhi and Dorothy Day. Shakespeare. Sappho. Sojourner Truth. Pray to the angels and the ghost of your grandfather. Ellen Bass
not the angry poor
not the angry poor sacking the mansions of the indolent rich, but the aggrieved rich burning down the huts of the presumptuous and troublesome poor. Lewis Lapham