dennis scharnberg

drawn and quartered

“When hedgehogs are nipping at your feet, here is what to do….”  And that’s the sort of thing that Alex would say in those days, sometimes in an officious voice and sometimes in a sing-song manner.

Burdyce Goode, Philosophy of Vegetables.

saying things repeatedly

Sophistication never seems to worry that it might be shallow.

Nigel Swarbrick, A Bootful of Nails.