Constable Drumm dodged a heavy oak table that was flying right at him. And he did so with uncanny ease.
Miles Bantry, Mister Roode’s Rustic Tales.
“You must believe me, Mister Pryde. For I certainly have no reason to lie to you.” But perhaps what Jeffries meant to say was that he had not yet discovered a reason.
Porter Oakes, The Alabaster Box.
One long continuous droning noise—that was Darren’s new way of singing in the shower.
Tyler Bardwell, Heading West.
Recognizing patterns is selfish.
Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.
We regard the present moment as decisive.
Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.
Voting is natural.
Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.
You realize that you are in the realm of Psychology when you recognize that bookend concepts are in play.
Desmond Urquhart, The Unsocial Sciences.
Public Relations posits lying as an asymptote, which is approached now closely, now not so closely, et cetera. This is what the phrase “relational honesty” refers to.
Keller Pennethorne, A New Domesday Book.
How might annoyance be made more palatable? Toward a stratagem in current art. (Or this: Can moderate annoyance be confectionary?)
Keller Pennethorne, A New Domesday Book.
“The methods do not work. Believe me, Carla, we have tried them and tried them.”
Tyler Bardwell, Heading West.
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