“We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we move from the passive voice to the active voice — that is, until we have stopped saying “It got lost,” and say, “I lost it.””

—  Sydney J. Harris

Source: On the Contrary (1964), Ch. 7

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American journalist 1917–1986

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