“Don’t bleach language, savour it instead. Stroke it gently or even groom it, but don’t “purify” it.”— Roland Barthes Related Quotes “A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.”– Joseph Addison “A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.”— Joseph Addison “I’m not bothered or sad about being on my own – after all, I’ve never had a husband.”— Francesca Annis