In my opinion, there is nothing more artful, more clever, more beautiful or more perfect than a well-crafted sentence. My next thread of blog posts are going to be on my favorite sentences and quotes from well-known literary works ranging from Great Expectations to Jane Eyre.
This week's quote is from Shakespeare's Hamlet:
(After Claudius finds out that Hamlet murdered Polonius, the King's chief advisor. Hamlet has been pretending to be "gone mad" and continues to do so in this dialogue.)
Claudius: Where is Polonius?!
Hamlet: At supper.
Claudius: (looks frustrated) At supper where?
Hamlet: Not where he eats, but where he is eaten...
Claudius: WHERE IS POLONIUS?!?!?!
Hamlet: In heaven. Send hither to see. If your messenger find him not there, seek him i' th' other place yourself. But if indeed you find him not within this month, you shall nose him as you go up the stairs into the lobby.
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