Phraseology Quotes

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“In many a case, the phrase ‘I’d like to get to know you better’ is a euphemism for ‘I want us to fuck.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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“This was safe enough — the shape didn't move, at least — but it could do terrible thing to, let us say, the gyroscope of the soul.”
― Tom Wolfe, The Right Stuff

tags: epic, language, metaphor, phraseology

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