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Old 06-02-2018, 09:15 PM   #16
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I'm thinking that it should be possible to find a brief epistolary piece that could be considered an epigram and decide to use that as an epigraph, and then in the epilogue explain how an epiphany while using an epilator led you to relate this to an episode in the book.
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Old 06-02-2018, 09:22 PM   #17
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I'm thinking that it should be possible to find a brief epistolary piece that could be considered an epigram and decide to use that as an epigraph, and then in the epilogue explain how an epiphany while using an epilator led you to relate this to an episode in the book.
Sounds epic
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Old 06-02-2018, 10:40 PM   #18
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I'm thinking that it should be possible to find a brief epistolary piece that could be considered an epigram and decide to use that as an epigraph, and then in the epilogue explain how an epiphany while using an epilator led you to relate this to an episode in the book.
You'd probably need an EpiPen.
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Old 06-03-2018, 10:42 AM   #19
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Old 06-03-2018, 11:17 PM   #20
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As in: "short, pithy sentence at the head of a book or chapter" vs "any little piece of verse expressing with precision a delicate or ingenious thought".

Oh, my aching etymology!

(Back in the day, my hometown had a trio of scattered electronics stores named "Epi" and later "EpiTronics". Lots of Epi-somethings scattered across my neurons. It's both good and bad.)
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