Quotes About Nuance

I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed.

If it is true that there is always more than one way of construing a text, it is not true that all interpretations are equal.

In Count Julian I simply proposed to create a text which would allow for diverse levels of reading.

'LOL' is one of several texting expressions that convey nuance in a system where you don't have the voice and face to do it the way you normally would.

People see me as cute, but I'm so much more than that.

The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything.

I want to make theme-setting music, music that sets a theme without being cliche.

simplicity without oversimplification.

language is never innocent.

Q. Life is not two sheets of paper, one black, one white. Life is a ream of paper, each page a different shade of gray." That was about as poetic as Boone had ever been. And I was still confused.

Bible translators must use their interpretive skills, remaining constantly sensitive to which nuance of meaning is being communicated by the original Hebrew or Greek word in a particular context so that the proper English word can be chosen to render that meaning.

During the Charlottesville protests, Trump saw nuance—there was violence on "many sides," there was "blame on both sides," and there were "many fine people" among the neo-Nazis.

The marvelous thing about a joke with a double meaning is that it can only mean one thing.

Words The word used for ejaculation—baashkizige—is also used for shooting off a gun. The word used for condom—biinda'oojigan—means gun case. Millie entered these words into her notebook. Fascinating.

What shall I say? I must tread a fine line between glaciosity and friendlinosity. With just a hint of 'you don't know what you are missing, my fine-feathered friend.

The silent adjustments to understand colloquial language are enormously complicated.

nothing is straightforward in the world of literary taste.

When I start a new seminar I tell my students that I will undoubtedly contradict myself, and that I will mean both things.

We think we can easily see into the hearts of others based on the flimsiest of clues. We jump at the chance to judge strangers. We would never do that to ourselves, of course. We are nuanced and complex and enigmatic. But the stranger is easy. If I can convince you of one thing in this book, let it be this: Strangers are not easy.

We think we can easily see into the hearts of others based on the flimsiest of clues. We jump at the chance to judge strangers. We would never do that to ourselves, of course. We are nuanced and complex and enigmatic. But the stranger is easy.

We are nuanced and complex and enigmatic. But the stranger is easy.

We think we can easily see into the hearts of others based on the flimsiest clues. We jump at the chance to judge strangers. We would never do that to ourselves, of course. We are nuanced and complex and enigmatic. But the stranger is easy (p. 50).

We think we can easily see into the hearts of others based on the flimsiest clues. We jump at the chance to judge strangers. We would never do that to ourselves, of course. We are nuanced and complex and enigmatic. But the stranger is easy (p. 50)

Don't be too obvious about it.