Walter was mowing the lawn again. “I want to take my own sweet time,” he declared. “Don’t I? Isn’t that what I want? Well, isn’t it?”
Jason Starling, ed., Adventures in Narrative Parsimony.
“They are musicians, Danny. They mean us no harm. They want to make us hop. Up and down. Just like bunny rabbits.”
Nicholas Bruhns, Otto the Magpie.
wreck ‘n’ rule
Andrew Tertullian, Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.
forecasting the whether
Andrew Tertullian, Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.
The subjunctive mood is so reassuring.
Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.
Any design is a red herring.
Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.
“Well, they are paid to smile aren’t they?” demanded Raymond, in a mild exasperation. “I mean, what is a sociopath?”
James Finial, The Misadventures of Caroline.
Assumptions are facts within the world, not facts about the world.
Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.
“There is a certain phrase in Kierkegaard,” said George, “that—if it weren’t for the rest of that particular sentence—would place him in the very midst of the Existentialists.”
Karl Buckling, Time Domain Blues.
One morning, Linda stood in the hall, just outside his door, and listened. It seemed that the TV was on, but she couldn’t determine what the program was. What she did hear distinctly was Dennis saying “shut up” and “shut up” and “shut up.”
Anselm Bligh, A Collection of Miniatures.
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