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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread What's the meaning of today's quote? #193262 09/28/10 04:13 PM Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1 L lamaya OP stranger OP lamaya stranger L Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1 No iron spike can pierce a human heart as icily as a period in the right place. -Isaac Babel, author (1894-1940)? We (a coworker and I) don't get it. What is the meaning of the "period in the right place"? Thanks Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted What's the meaning of today's quote? lamaya 09/28/10 04:13 PM Re: What's the meaning of today's quote? LukeJavan8 09/28/10 04:15 PM Re: What's the meaning of today's quote? Buffalo Shrdlu 09/28/10 04:32 PM Re: What's the meaning of today's quote? tsuwm 09/28/10 06:55 PM Re: What's the meaning of today's quote? Candy 09/29/10 12:37 PM Re: What's the meaning of today's quote? crash 09/29/10 01:17 PM Re: What's the meaning of today's quote? LukeJavan8 09/29/10 02:23 PM Re: What's the meaning of today's quote? crash 10/02/10 04:27 PM Re: What's the meaning of today's quote? zmjezhd 09/29/10 12:08 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,421 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 805 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 23 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,592 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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