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“What’s the matter?” asked Gwendolyn.  “Matter,” said Ruth.

Philip Cavendish,  Tilly’s Treasury of Colloquial Bits.

Being offended.  In an effete society, this can be a lofty mode of existence.

Ernest Ingram,  The Unclean Sweep.

To write literary text today—especially with the hope of being published—is to engage in a form of necrophilia.

Austin Jaynes,  A Book of Admissions.

“Actors are here!”  Translation:  Short guys are here (with their big egos).

Rollo Marquardt,  Dwelling in the Cupcake World.

“Thinking” is just a myth.  There is actually nothing but aesthetics.

Hubert Ambrose,  The Classical and the Anti-Classical.

“Abolish reality through legislation.”  This lone Diary entry was the first step in what Jason hoped would be a grand compilation of political propositions.

Charles Jeffrey Yett,  Writing in Miniature—Vol. Three.

The fact is that facts are mostly unpleasant.  Yes, it often seems so desirable to ignore the facts—to drift along quite without them.

Will Bestwyck,  Letters from Mr. Palindrome.

Stefan was still reeling from his first experience with just how awful women can be.

Anderson Culpis,  Rex and Rhonda—A Short Novel.

“Some errors are important,” Alexander whispered to himself.

Darla Givens,  The Mystery of Miss Pritchard.

Elegance.  Yes!  That’s what I want to attain.  Just like the mathematicians.

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