The superfluous, a very necessary thing.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I am one of those for whom superfluity is a necessity.
Necessity is the strongest of things, for it rules everything.
Knowledge is sometimes superfluous: when we need it, we have it not.
There is a fine line between something that's gratuitous, that's unnecessary.
What is necessary is possible, what we want is expensive. What is unnecessary is unlikely.
What the beautiful-writing writers are most attached to is almost always superfluous.
Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.
My writing tends to become very dense, so I have to keep some cushion. Sometimes, words that seem superfluous are actually essential for the overall effect.
You have to pay a lot of attention to what's important, what's permanent, what's real.
The detail is as important as the essential is. When it is inadequate, it destroys the whole outfit.
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