“One Must Hide and Remain Hidden.” Chandler felt that this might just be the one. The new motto.
Jason Starling, ed., Adventures in Narrative Parsimony.
“But that was two sentences ago,” exclaimed Thornton. “I was a different person then.”
Darko Rivenbark, Snapshots.
The extent of the Psychology Industry demonstrates that we have entirely too much time to notice ourselves.
Rollo Marquardt, Dwelling in the Cupcake World.
We inevitably reach this point: no one can teach manners (restraint) because no one knows manners.
Patricia Dowling, The Past Considered as a Small Bowl.
Science doesn’t require that anyone like its conclusions. Not even scientists.
Gunther Pinks, A Paranoid’s Pitiful Propositions.
We need to devise a formal process whereby people—especially celebrities—can nominate themselves to the status of Exemplary Human Being. Where are the lawyers when you need them?
Jackson Currothers III, The View From the Cauldron.
Political Correctness: A way to veil realizations that embarrass us acutely.
Callista Ralph, Alphabet Soup.
Brian was oddly sure that if he were allowed to direct a new version of The Lady in Cement, shot from slightly different camera angles, he would attain perfection.
Grayling Stott, An Inventory of Characters.
It is the empty space that is more important, not the particles.
Dieter Borst, Single Points of Failure.
“Create your own truth.” When the self is the only unquestioned value, that is the inevitable message.
Benjamin Alexis, Thriving Under the Influence.
