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If you gaze into the puddle, the puddle also gazes into you.

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.

He overheard the phone conversation.  Or her part of it.  He heard her say “Yes” and then hang up.  That was it.

Kiefer Sythe,  The Detective Club.

“I want them to pay me for not writing, Donna.  That’s what I look for in a publishing house.”

Stephanie Biggers,  Cat Farming in Nigeria.

Hell is Jean-Paul Sartre.

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.

Hollywood had a life span.  Nothing is forever, no matter how magnificent.

Titus Musgrave,  Carthago Delenda Est.

A horse is a horse.

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.

Reading isn’t empirical.  It is not an empirical approach to words.

Titus Musgrave,  The Mystery of Sleep.

Gregory wanted to hit something made of steel, and hit it hard, but he couldn’t find anything.  The polished oak of his grandfather’s desk had to serve.

Trent Bendix,  Patricia Knows Best.

After visiting the Barnett Newman retrospective, Wallace had these words only:  “Bold. Large. Courageous.”

Anselm Bligh,  A Collection of Miniatures.

A few things are worth remembering.

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.