They were told that life began when lightning struck a mud puddle. And they can’t get past that. They do not try.
Hilbert Kaasa, The Fabian Way.
He paid 180 million for that de Kooning. That is roughly $600,000 for each brushstroke.
Crispin Trove, The Viewer as Pest.
Benno laid camp for five legions__ / ____ / __at high ground / That river floods in spring__ /
Hildegarde Busby, tr., Latin Epigraph Fragments.
Poison of drink__ / ____ / Poison of [mind]__ / __the shouting of soldiers__ /
Hildegarde Busby, tr., Latin Epigraph Fragments.
Into the valley__ / The first valley__ / So many items covered in gold__ /
Hildegarde Busby, tr., Latin Epigraph Fragments.
“…a wall of words, a hall of words, a stall of words, and, yes, as we all know, a tower of words.”
Silas Wegg, School of Dust.
“Try to remember, Mr. Spaulding, that objects are closer than they appear in the mirror.”
Ralston Dowd, A Spot of Bother.
The syllogism does not care.
Thomas Bedlam, Jackdaws and the Problem of Speech.
Expressionism: when selfhood eclipses the merely natural.
Clinton Arbogast, The Saints of Painting.
“Allen Ginsberg would never lie, Julie. We know that from a dozen sources.”
Brooks Westerby, Squaresville.
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