In America right now, we use words like 'smart' to talk about bombs. A…

Jonathan Safran Foer
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In America right now, we use words like 'smart' to talk about bombs. American rhetoric is grounded in ideas of capital-G Good, capital-E Evil, and it's very clear who is on which side. But in a book you can do just the opposite. You can use all lower-case words. ✨ Something happened by Suzie Mackenzie, www.theguardian.com. May 21, 2005.
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