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...Gordimer herself begs pardon, in this collections first essay: nothing I write in such factual pieces will be as true as my fiction. What is appropriately important to her is emotional truth, words that somehow resonate inside the reader. Hemingway used to assure himself that if he could write one true sentence, he was on the right track: it is this kind of truth that is meaningful to the writer of fiction, truth to the spirit. The problem is, this is also the kind of truth that needs to be important to the writer of the kind of nonfiction which...
Judas never thought of fleeing. The one choice left apparently was to beg his teacher's pardon and then use the rope. So he asked the final question of all: "You're Jesus, aren...
Judas said, "If you pardon me, help me leave then." He reached up and seized the rope in both hands. He'd need to climb the tree to make it work...
...vote on whether to impose a symbolic retaliation against Adams House. (Yesterday, Adams responded by issuing its own declaration of hostilities against Pforzheimer.) We are in the midst of a war, where our only refuge--or guaranteed meal, for that matter--lies in our home base or the gracious pardon of a member of an enemy camp willing to invite you into his territory...
...team wants to win, wrinkles must be ironed out. Unfortunately, a team cannot get to step two, overcoming adversity, without first conquering step one, unity. A feeling of solidarity provides the heat and a drive for perfection the steam (pardon the bad metaphors...