He opened anything that would open. Cabinets, drawers, hampers, canisters, books. There was a single overriding concern: to notice.
Allison Cowling, Night of the Detective.
He kept grinding on about high end restaurants and bars and stores. And I recall thinking, “Yes, end sounds right.”
Nicholas Crisp, A Suitcase Fell on Her Head.
That commands had been written—in, say, 1380—to produce this result today. That is what fascinated Baldwin concerning the polyphony.
Quentin Drabb, Ebenezer’s Untold Tales.
“Intellectually impoverished children now run our institutions,” complained Peavey. “Do not look.”
Price Cummings, Rattle Box.
We cannot begin to see what science is until we appreciate how shallow it is.
Godfrey Daniel, Inspecting the Time Domain.
“Who’s afraid of wolves?” laughed Raymond. “Who’s afraid of an exponential curve? Who’s afraid?”
Giles Coxe-Coburn, Belief in Insects.
“The people who think that they are producing literature [today] are not completely wrong. What they write does mimic literature—sometimes almost impressively.”
Rollin Mungo, Selected Rants of Mr. Barraclough.
The Nihilist, you see, rarely has a good plan for posterity.
Palmer Dove, The Edwardian Moment.
It is impossible to control matters that we refuse to control.
Titus Musgrave, Carthago Delenda Est.
Better dead than read.
Terence Theodore, Proverbs for a New Era.
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