Words, whose employment depends on human beings, do not reveal [real] things, [they] trigger the arising of concepts according to habituation; [so] pondering their employment and establishing on that basis what is real... is nothing but a demonstration of stupidity. - Dharmakirti
The quoting does (because quoting ≠ asserting); the quote may too, in context (see the exchange with @non_buddhism )
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Quoting is neither always nor necessarily non-assertive (cf. your use of the quote -- that is, unless I misread your pragmatics (intention of use)); the content itself *cannot* -- and more words, from either side, evinces the contradiction further. So, more words the merrier.
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Ah, but my quoting was non-assertive. (I can like something and find it interesting/provocative without asserting it.)
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