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“It works, Janet. It does work. Okay. Okay. It gives the illusion that it works.”

Stoke Twombly, The Tragedians.

“Handwriting is how I think,” said Jack, with a shrug.

Hollis Beddoes, Counting the Magpies.

The [Marxist] establishes himself as the one who defines terms. Indeed, that is his first definition.

Desmond Urquhart, The Unsocial Sciences.

Iliad: goddess bribery snafu.

Clive Morrow, A Crustacean’s Dictionary.

“Who designed it and built it, Michael? And why?”

Holt Ludlow, The Great and the Wonderful.

“This is no world, Maltby. Why, this was barely ever a world!”

Cassandra Troyes, Land of Giants.

“I’m so special for being here,” thought Roger. “I am special for being here.”

Theo Darden, Watching for Earthquakes.

Urban: an itemized sophistication.

Callista Ralph, Alphabet Soup.

We always lack crucial information.

Desmond Urquhart, The Unsocial Sciences.

He wants a curl

Just like the curl

That harried dear old Dad

Clyde Burbage, ed., Letters from James Joyce.