“No, you’ve got it all wrong, Harry. Cannibalism is interesting, you see. And that is all that matters.”
Benedict Elder, A Cosmopolitan Paradise.
“I groaned,” said Mr. Dekker. “Therefore, I was.”
Pryce Cummings, Rattle Box.
“But how do we take a text literally, Jack? What are we doing when we do that?”
Anselm Bligh, A Collection of Miniatures.
“There is plenty of civilization yet to be dirtied,” chimed the good doctor. “To work!”
Leighton Johns, My Uncle Toby.
When you have dwelled in fantasy for so long, you do not realize how ridiculous you sound. You cannot.
Jason K. Broadus, The Ice of My Dreams.
Please.
Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.
“Please try to remember that Annette uses language as though words possess only emotional content.”
Chadwick Graves, One Damned Thing After Another.
Nobody is bored.
Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.
“The human pretense to knowing, Michael. Now, that is comedy!”
Silas Burbage, The Adventurous Half-Life of Buddy Boyo.
“Surely it may be said, at this late date, that an orifice is a social construct and nothing more.”
Will Bestwyck, Letters From Mr. Palindrome.
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