dennis scharnberg

cash and carry

“For what it’s worth, Palmer, the number of recognizable three-word phrases in English is immense. And I have no idea what it all means, in case you are wondering.”

Roberta Pym, The Complete Undoing of William Ambrose.

calling all cars

Model: one who smiles (or frowns) as though she really means it.

Callista Ralph, Alphabet Soup.

hatful of jokes

Modernism was a series of tactics—or clever ideas (some more clever than others)—with the intention being to generate absurdities.

Logan Nygaard, A Treatise on Amusement.

magpie coin thievery

What does the internet distract us from?

Roger Hedgecook, Stolen and Sold for Parts.

jelly and jam

It is easier to make a person worse than to make him better. That is the key to historical decline. And it guarantees that decline.

Charles Brookland, Walking the Plank.