“I'm checking my pockets for spare words and sentences but I'm finding none, not an adverb, not a preposition or even a dangling participle because there doesn't exist a single response to such an outlandish request.”

Tahereh Mafi

Tahereh Mafi - “I'm checking my pockets for spare words...” 1

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