The Writer's Language Is To Some Degree The Product Of His Own Action; He Is Both The Historian And The Agent Of His Own Language. - SearchQuotes

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The writer's language is to some degree the product of his own action; he is both the historian and the agent of his own language.

Paul De Man

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