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“I’m not saying that actors are weasels, Andy.  I am saying that weasels become actors.”

Jack Dawes,  Circus Interruptus.

“Surprising people is my hobby, Joanna.  I should say my passion.  But I will not.”

Anselm Bligh,  A Collection of Miniatures.

Space is limited.

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.

Ideas are cheaper than reality.

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.

“I have a knack for math, Brenda, but I deeply dislike it.”

“The knack?”

“No, silly!  The math.”

Will Southey,  Government Cheese, the Novel.

In response to a gallery visitor’s question, Gwen confirmed that the insufferable dreariness of her own  work was indeed intentional.

Will Hewes,  Little To Do.

When we lose the ability to be disgusted, we lose the moral value of disgust.

Hill Boothby,  The Dazzling Realm of Almost.

“Don’t be ridiculous, Emma.  We dwell in a world of lies because that is the easy way to live.”

Agatha Vox,  When Everything Was Singing.

June 17, 2017.   Yet another word ruined:  “trope.”  I’ll never use it again.

Reginald Boyington,  Dear Dreadful Diary.

“I know nothing about nihilism, Katharine.  Nothing at all.”

Thaddeus Crewes,  Crowded Evil World.