“You cannot talk about everything at once. We are condemned to be at least somewhat analytical.”
Will Bestwyck, Letters from Mr. Palindrome.
“Here are a few more words to consider abandoning: amid, daunting, remiss, very, literally. Especially that last one, John.”
Will Bestwyck, Letters from Mr. Palindrome.
“I don’t know what those things are,” gushed Lynda, “but they certainly are well-designed.”
Heywood Wakefield, The Humdrum Demon.
If a word or phrase can be isolated as a manifestation of the internet era, I simply ignore it. And I never use it.
Roger Hedgecook, Stolen and Sold for Parts.
Todd is being “welcomed” by Windows, and he has an unfortunate tendency to get a bit misty at such moments.
Jason Starling, ed., Adventures in Narrative Parsimony.
Job: an activity that can be audited by a manager.
Clive Morrow, A Crustacean’s Dictionary.
Can you find anything in your surroundings at this moment that is neither an image nor the result of an image? If so, you are probably not in a city.
Tristram Speaker, A Book of Postulates.
“I’ll never forget this for the rest of my life,” the on-site reporter declared. “I’ll never forget anything for the rest of my life,” thought I.
Carson Drew, The Case of the Purloined Tiger.
“They look better as ruins,” insisted Dr. Talbot. “We would never come to appreciate them if they had survived intact.”
Hollis Beddoes, Counting the Magpies.
“Of the two, opportunity is the only objective—or verifiable—matter. Motive is often absurdly subjective….”
Allison Cowling, Night of the Detective.
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