dennis scharnberg

“What an obedient author!” exclaimed Collins, upon finally reading Ulysses.

Giles Coxe-Coburn,  Belief in Insects.

Withdrawal from a world of illusion is illusion.

Hunter Hogarth,  Raised by Wolves.

“Your thinking is untidy, Philip,” said Otto in the dead fish voice.

Pryce Cummings,  Rattle Box.

“There is so much on the internet that I do not want to know about, Jennifer.  So much.”

Rhonda Carstairs,  A Bad Case of the Whim-Whams and Other Stories.

A rule does not force us to follow it, someone said.  So, following the rule has to do with things other than the rule itself.

Trevor Albertus,  Malevolent Asymmetry.

A system is not an answer.

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.

“The degradation comes first,” explained Mr. Beddowes.  “Then comes the destruction, in no time at all.”

Thaddeus Crewes,  Crowded Evil World.

There is no penalty for anything.  For being wrong.  For wronging.  Nothing.

Titus Musgrave,  Carthago Delenda Est.

Buzz had made a mistake.  A fairly big one.  He claims now that he was unable not to.

Nicholas Crisp,  Unfit for Murder.

Any attempt to refute X serves only to validate X.

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.