dennis scharnberg

Only by constant efforts do we impede annihilation.

Hannah Hooke, The Hildebrandt Method.

“One can waste one’s time in worse ways, certainly.” That’s how Mr. Devlin stated it. Crisply, and in those very words.

Victoria Salt, A Compendium of Opening Lines.

A book needs to be about everything.

Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.

In [Ockeghem’s] Missa Prolationem, when the first “hosanna” comes, it is as though everything else in the world stops.

Allison Twilley, The Fondo d’Oro.

“The wicked are punished by having to be themselves.”

Constantine Aviola, Chandu the Magician.

Some rejected “band names”:

1. The Shrubberies
2. Yabba Dabba Don’t
3. Quiz Monkeys
4. The Buttercups
5. Auntie Maim
6. The Valkyries
7. Samantha
8. The Dandies
9. Cold Shoulder
10. Glenda
11. Cotton Eyed Ho

Tessa Fielding and Constance Gogarty, A Book of Lists.

“Just listen, Deborah. It’s not about old paintings. Not entirely. Any kind of image can serve. It is really all about transport.”

Lawton Trumbull, The Three Days.

“Do you play golf at all, Dennis?”

“Miniature golf. In my head.“

Marston Moore, Sweet Meteor of Death.

The doubt of the skeptic is directed only outward. It is a display.

Tanner Holtz, Remembering, an Introduction.

“You make me seem a horrible person,” uttered Tom, in a theatrical voice. “Well, maybe you are horrible,” replied Emily. Tom pretended to be stunned, before stating quite solemnly that he could produce at least a dozen people who would disagree firmly with that imputation.

Connor Archibald, Nothing in Particular.