Alec again expressed his support for public flogging of actors. All actors.
Jason Starling, ed., Adventures in Narrative Parsimony.
“What is it that you lack, gentlemen?” demanded Mr. Lantern. “What do you lack, then?”
Nicholas Crisp, A Suitcase Fell on Her Head.
Signaling one’s morals is a simple proof of their nonexistence.
Hecuba Gathers, A Purely Physical World.
“Here is a tactic, Reggie.” Jack was being more or less serious here. “Insist that it is important. Tell them that your work is very important indeed.”
Diana Moone, Living Well.
clause and effect
Andrew Tertullian, Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.
“Remember,” said James, “that Portland was not built in a day.”
Corliss Archer, Boarding the Crazy Train.
Whenever Mr. Dudley found himself using the word “molecule” in his conversation, he would quickly remind himself (and anyone who could hear him) that this was just the theory, you see. Just the theory.
Michael Longmire, Puzzled to Death.
“Facts don’t work, Bobby. Not any more.”
Diana Moone, Living Well.
“To be delusional,” said Alex to no one in particular, “one must be intelligent.”
Chadwick Graves, One Damned Thing After Another.
prophetable
Andrew Tertullian, Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.
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