Just because we share in the same delusion does not mean that we are not individually delusional.
Tyrone Sommer, Circling the Drain.
Whereas once upon a time we had reticence, now we have Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, and all the rest.
Roger Hedgecook, Stolen and Sold for Parts.
…birdes are flowne
and nowt left to conceale ower moane….
Anonymous Lyrical Fragment (ca. 1592)
Priscilla Fanning, ed., Fragments From the Elizabethan Stage.
…and Cassandra spent the entire afternoon whining about how awful the Nazis had been.
Chadwick Graves, One Damned Thing After Another.
James had reflected at some length on what one should dwell upon, and what one shouldn’t. Now, all that remained was to figure out how one might achieve this “dwelling upon” business.
Brock Keefle, Truthful Tom.
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