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“Modernity is a disease, Colin.  The Modernists all knew that.  But they saw it as heroic to have that disease, whereas I see it as merely stupid.”

Will Bestwyck,  Letters From Mr. Palindrome.

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“I shall always remember that thrill,” exclaimed Deborah.  “You do believe me, don’t you?”

Rubina Malcolm,  The Black Box.

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“And what did he mean by that?”

“He meant nothing, man.  Nothing!  He was just trying to sound poetic.  That’s all.  Like Bob Dylan!”

Everson Dwight,  Theory of Machines, a Novel.

 

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It was Defoe’s solemn obligation not to bore the reader.

Anthony Scowling,  The Beat Paradigm.

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“The problem, Terence, is that there are different ways of not making sense.”

Jack Dawes,  Circus Interruptus.

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Saying is believing.

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.

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Andrew Tertullian,  Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

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“Which doctor?  Why, of course, I mean Dr. Freud.  The only one who matters.“

Jack Dawes,  Circus Interruptus.

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“I declare, that hat of Olivia’s was like a punch in the nose!”

Burdyce Goode,  Wonderful With Dogs.

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“I just want to improve your daydreams, Alice.  I believe that I can make them better.”

Agatha Vox,  When Everything Was Singing.