“Eating is just something to do,” muttered Mr. Martel, in that dismissive manner that had annoyed Elaine so many times before.
Anselm Bligh, A Collection of Miniatures.
steam-of-consciousness
Andrew Tertullian, Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.
The familiar was not always familiar.
Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.
Get thee gone, Yorick, I crave of thee againe. For I do have the urge of my drinking horn.
Ashton Wyllkes, A Gentleman of Kent. (1607)
Presenting a book that was never written is a lie. Quoting from it lends a social patina to that book. And the patina is itself a lie. A separate lie.
Jason Starling, Scale in Literature.
“Well, there was the time someone broke into his house. And things were stolen. But all he could talk about was that damned mojo box. And where was it now and who had it now!”
Connor Archibald, Nothing in Particular.
“Banality,” sayeth the preacher. “Banality.”
Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.
“Let’s face it, Olive, Buddy puts chow-chow relish on everything. Simply everything he eats.”
Connor Archibald, Nothing in Particular.
Axiom: a statement that is so true that we do not need to find out whether it is true.
Nathaniel Bumppo, The Final Word.
“The internet is nothing but Achilles heels. Abundantly so. That is what I mean, dear.”
Horace Vespa, Nine Easy Lessons.
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