What do we lack? A vocabulary of self-restraint. What do we possess? A vocabulary of blame.
Winston Joyce, Bovine Egalitarianism and Other Essays.
“Fact” belongs on the solemn list of Unfamiliar Words.
Octavius Kinder, A Sustainable Unhappiness.
Quantity is quality.
Terence Theodore, Proverbs for a New Era.
Alicia was impressed—even moved—by Edmund’s use of the word “therefore.”
Sebastian Sleeve, The Random Walk and Other Tales.
Rock is the only music that does the listening for you.
Ambrose Mayne, Angelic Assertions.
In all cases, idealization is a form of escape.
Nigel Swoone, Old Theories of Time.
He says that it was “thought out very carefully.” But whatever does he mean by carefully?
Sebastian Sleeve, The Random Walk and Other Tales.
“I remember him telling us that his own mother had done time. And insisting that she had turned out the better for it.”
Ellery Close, The Erasmus Homicides.
Who are we to say what our climate should be like?
Chalmers van Nest, The Trivial Quadrivium.
Brad’s plan was simple: make a list of things that are important in his life, and see how many of those things he can ruin.
Delbert Arbogast, The Null Hypothesis, and Other Stories.
