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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I repeat ... skipping an epigraph is still a lot easier than dreaming up delusional reasons for their existence.
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so why DO epigraphs exist really. . seriously - I'd like to know
if they are
a) not a test
b) not a
look how clever/educated I am statement
c) not an invitation to immerse ones self in the author's cultural milieu
could it be
d) a desperate attempt to inflate the page count
e) my agent/publisher says I have to have one
f) I bought this neat random epigraph generator app & it' would be a shame not to use it
g) other - please elucidate
I asked google. It said See also Pretentious Latin Motto.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Epigraph
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...iousLatinMotto
which brings us back to Terry Pratchett
NON QVOD MANEAT, SED QVOD ADIMIMVS