“Wittgenstein was about half right on the matter. Just eradicate the philosophers, Thomas. Get rid of them and you will have solved the problem.”
Ford Blasey, The Perplexity of the Two Green Doors.
“It seems he always has a logical explanation that proves he is not actually lying or actually stealing. How can a person live like that?”
Brooks Westerby, Squaresville.
“Larry’s been talking to machines again,” moaned Linda. “He shouldn’t do that. It shouldn’t be done.”
Brooks Westerby, Squaresville.
Observing the way the world is. That has become a new form of crime. Simply noticing what is what.
Lance Brookland, Walking the Plank.
“There are plenty who’ll lie, old boy. But that little actress friend of yours? She wants to lie. Always. She is yearning to lie.”
William Garrick, My Friend Bryson.
“The key to Zen?” asked Gwen. “That would be gin.”
Jason Starling, ed., Adventures in Narrative Parsimony.
“Getting things done might well be illusion, my dear Maitland. But it still matters.”
Hildebrand Slough, The Perfect List.
Whore today, goon tomorrow.
Andrew Tertullian, Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.
Mack quickly added that the two women were weeping and had long nails.
Kiefer Sythe, The Detective Club.
“Ingrid once bought a totem pole at an auction. By accident.”
Marston Moore, Sweet Meteor of Death.
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