dennis scharnberg

multiplication of vice

Jack sought to weaken his dependence on rationalizations that entail calling others crazy.

Giles Coxe-Coburn, Tooth and Claw.

sophistication is cheap

Music is mercy.

Amanda Willcoxen, ed., The Literary and Philosophical Fragments of Gregory James Sallust.

with great quiet

It is the lure of ideas.  It is the lure of simple, even elegant, ideas that leads one to evil.

Rollo Case, Styles of Pretense.

more linguistic convenience

The notion that irony is inherently clever or sophisticated is one of the truly stupid ideas of the twenty-first century.

Melanie George, A Phenomenology of Porn.

book of travels

What are the assumptions that allow one to assert that a human is just a particularly successful animal?

Kendall Landover, The Ferocity of the Daffodils.

one big now

Is it fair to mock the very social order that enables the mocker to conduct his enterprise of mockery?

Roger Penberthy, A Non-Newtonian Unpleasantness.

sunbeams from cucumbers

It is caring, and caring alone, that Bridget cares about.

Corliss Archer, Boarding the Crazy Train.

addition and subtraction

Dwayne vowed to continue with his long-term project of flouting all decent notions of his nonexistence.

Burdyce Goode, Wonderful With Dogs.

the adamantine bottom

The word “random” indicates that the specific causal sequence is unknown to us.

Dalton Beggs, Decision Under Uncertainty.

multiply and divide

What could be more terrifying than typeface on a glowing screen?

Roger Hedgecook, Stolen and Sold for Parts.