It is easier to make a person worse than to make him better. That is the key to historical decline. And it guarantees that decline.
Charles Brookland, Walking the Plank.
Therefore shall I discover thee, and
Waketh thee from dreame.
Addison Prosper, Roderigo’s Revenge. (1621)
Job: an activity that can be audited by a manager.
Clive Morrow, A Crustacean’s Dictionary.
Unless I am mistook upon’t,
That were Twelfth Night proper.
And that day were rough all round— all
gray and gruesome.
And a cold time we had of it, sir.
Addison Prosper, Roderigo’s Revenge. (1621)
“Where is the Truth found? Lying at the bottom of a well.”
Heywood Wakefield, The Humdrum Demon.
“Repudiate all prizes,” said Old Man Martens, in his gentlest voice. “And all those that give ’em.”
Stacie Knotts, Crazy Days.
“Good Lord, is it all theatre?” That was the question that Dennis posed. In his prayer. On his seventy-second birthday.
Edward Valerian, The Empire Is Maintained.
“Listen to me, Janie. Magpies are obsessed with shiny things. Just like interior decorators.”
Chase Tipton, Enjoying Prison Pizza.
“There are only signs. Nothing else exists. At least that’s what my tutor claimed this morning, over toast and tea.”
James Finial, The Misadventures of Caroline.
“But what are bricks, really? I mean building materials offer some hope, yes, but we need to acknowledge what is often widespread disappointment and….”
Adrian Caliban, The Magnificent Egglestons.
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