dennis scharnberg

time between failures

What a world of things we inhabit.  And all these things—without exception—must be designed.  We dwell in a designed world.

Hannah Hooke, The Podbellion Method.

range of emotion

“Don’t we owe it to posterity,” exclaimed Brad, “to try every single idea?”

Mark Anthony, The Tale of the Mirror.

men in uniform

…thoughts as black as the ink they were set down with.

Silas Burbage, The Adventurous Half-Life of Buddy Boyo.

the in between

Psychology:  a powerful antidote to common sense.

Nathaniel Bumppo, The Final Word.

into good fooling

Surely what appears in the rubble will be shining and good….

Agatha Vox, When Everything Was Singing.

cut and dried

Life is fair.

Terence Theodore, Proverbs for a New Era.

 

 

to us unseen

—You must realize that Roderick is bitterly contemptuous of architects.  All architects.

—A bit of an easy target, aren’t they?

—Well, yes.  Of course.

Philip Cavendish, Tilly’s Treasury of Colloquial Bits.

gloria in excelsis

Burglary is just microscopic voyeurism.

Gwen Tunder, The Soda Pop Murders.

weal and woe

When someone shows me that he has not written a novel, I want to pat him on the head.

Hill Boothby, Essays on Disappointment Management.

sit up straight

Internet:  The ignominious end of all things preceding it; the radiant beginning of all things future.

Roger Hedgecook, Stolen and Sold for Parts.