Economists embrace simple models not because the models are correct or accurate but because the economists can grasp them.

Paul Uccelo, The Enigma of the Box.

A European of 1907 had more in common with one of 1307 than with one of our kind. That is high praise.

Gaylord Perry III, The Walls of Magnus Martyr.

“Living is relentless distraction,” Mr. Ellison retorted. “That is life today.”

Ford Blasey, The Perplexity of the Two Green Doors.

“Now, Mr. Alden, tell me what comes to mind when I say the word internet.”

“Silly. Silly little kids.”

Trevor Smalling, Pathological Altruism, a Novel.

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