dennis scharnberg

bowling versus “bowling”

“Damn it, Watkins! It’s what you’re always going on about. I mean, nowadays, who cares about some old coot named Homer who was paid to sing foolish poems? Really, man, who bloody cares?”

Adrian Caliban, The Magnificent Egglestons.

in saecula saeculorum

Book publishing in 18th century England was like selling turnips. It was a constant scramble.

Brisbane Crowe, The Life and Times of a Hack.