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The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself.
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The truest writers are those who see language not as a linguistic process but as a living element…
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Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.
Dorothy L. Sayers
Derek Walcott
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Born:
January 23, 1930
Died:
March 17, 2017
(aged 87)
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