Three years is a long time to leave a letter unanswered, and your letter has been lying without an answer even longer than that. I had hoped that it would answer itself, or that other people would answer it for me. But there it is with its question—How in your opinion are we to prevent war?—still unanswered. Virginia Woolf, Three Guineas
The sun had not yet risen. The sea was indistinguishable from the sky, except that the sea was slightly creased as if a cloth had wrinkles in it. Gradually as the sky whitened a dark line lay on the horizon dividing the sea from the sky and the grey cloth became barred with thick strokes moving, one after another, beneath the surface, following each other, pursuing each other, perpetually. Virginia Woolf, The Waves
"Conjunctive adverbs share characteristics with two parts of speech. They are similar to standard adverbs because of the meanings that they can convey, but they are also similar to coordinate conjunctions because they connect main clauses. Conjunctive adverbs are unlike standard adverbs in one very important way. While the meaning implied by a standard adverb affects only a single word or phrase, the meaning implied by a conjunctive adverb concerns the entire clause of which it is a part." The Grammar Bible, Michael Strumpf and Auriel Douglas
thus adv. 1. In a manner previously stated or to be stated; in this manner. 2. To a stated degree or extent; so: thus far. 3. Therefore; consequently.
Dreams
Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. Langston Hughes |
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