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“Remove all constraints!” sang Dr. Freud.

Corliss Archer,  Boarding the Crazy Train.

“All I can remember is that lazy sneer on her face.  And I kept wondering where the hell that came from.”

Will Bestwyck,  Letters From Mr. Palindrome.

Randomness is a useful illusion.

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.

awed or even

Andrew Tertullian,  Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

“But the carpet doesn’t harmonize with the wallpaper, William.  Not in the least.”

Burdyce Goode,  Philosophy of Vegetables.

farther  and  sun

Andrew Tertullian,  Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

“Harpo might be wonderful, Lisa.  I don’t know.  All I’m saying is that he isn’t funny.”

Jack Dawes,  Circus Interruptus.

Stumbling upon it is far better than arriving by reason.

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.

“Loose Reptiles,” read the sign.  Whether it was a warning or a boast was not clear.

Dell Arbogast,  The Null Hypothesis and Other Stories.

“You’re not a Nihilist are you, Georgie?”

“Well, I don’t know.  I would love to visit Egypt some day.”

Ralston Dowd,  Less of It.