“Be excellent to each other!” That was Mr. Clyde’s benediction to us all.
Lane Vivian, A Knob of Old Cheese and Ten Short Tales.
…Paulina displayed her Knick Knacks and her Commodyties, to fine pleasure all rounde.
Laughton Fowles, A Tale of York Shire. (1697)
“After all,” said Mr. Davies, “when one is a Marxist it actually helps to be stupid.”
Lawrence Bird, Make It So.
“Actors believe that they should smile,” declared Mr. Garrick. “They are wrong.”
Benedict Elder, A Cosmopolitan Paradise.
Concerning all that he has written and all that he has said, Clive wants people to think this: “He was credible.”
Anselm Bligh, A Collection of Miniatures.
One has a right to one’s nausea. Surely.
Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.
“I want to attend drama school!” shouted James, loudly and clearly.
Trent Bendix, Patricia Knows Best.
“Yes, that’s right. I am a revolutionary. How may I help you?”
Tristan Holyoke, A Tree Full of Monkeys.
It’s almost dazzling, said Oliver, how easy it was to convince everyone. That something called “debt” is actually wealth. And that we should want to have more and more of it.
Del Arbogast, The Null Hypothesis and Other Stories.
“Happiness, Edna. It is such a state of being! You almost cannot beat it.”
Burdyce Goode, Philosophy of Vegetables.
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