Beige Prose/Quotes

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"Adjectives are unnecessary."
"Good prose is like a window pane."
"Sometimes, it's unavoidable to say, 'You miss. He hits. You take 7 damage.'"
Dungeons and Dragons: Dungeon Master's Guide
"He came to the river. The river was there."
Ernest Hemingway, "Big Two-Hearted River"
"He has never used a word where the reader might check his usage by a dictionary."