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devouring blackberry cobbler

“I did want to kill him, Katie.  Anyone would!  Just to remove that smirk from this dismal world.”

Glynnis Hoving,  The Multiplication Murders.

wonders to work

Roger is a pet owner of the intense sort.  Almost fanatical.  So, Mr. Dunaway does himself no favor by using the expression “cat kabob” in his presence.

Charles Jeffrey Yett,  Writing in Miniature—Vol. Three.

dream comes true

“They’re all minnows today, sir.  Nor a full fish among ’em.”

Trenton Childe,  Rob Riddle and His Friends.      (1792)

by the light

“…he refers to his sleepwear as jumpkins.  And his plain woolen cap as boppo.  To this day, his family remain completely baffled.”

Quentin Drabb,  Ebenezer’s Untold Tales.

fly by night

Encourage mental illness.

Terence Theodore,  Proverbs for a New Era.

away we go

We live in a society that encourages mental illness.

Logan Nygaard,  A Treatise on Amusement.

thinking isn’t doing

“I’m starting to wonder,”  Jeremy admitted, “if they enjoy losing and watching their ancestors being disgraced.”

Michael Margate,  The Shadow Path.

obeying the marxists

“In Clown World,” explained Jeff, “everything is inexplicable and unprecedented.”

Will Davies,  She Would If She Could.

hearing the trees

…the Sigma’s quest for an idiosyncratic view of things.  For a “code,” if you will.  A place.

Hugh Drummond,  A Canine World.

at the crossroads

Regard sex as the key to happiness.  See where that takes you.

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.