“But why did your great-grandfather live, Henson? Why does someone live?”
Edward Valerian, The Empire Is Maintained.
“The floors are sagging,” declared Reginald.
“Floors will do that, Reggie.”
“Yes, but this? Don’t you find it somewhat extreme?”
Nicholas Bruhns, Otto the Magpie.
He sought the “spiritual” in the marginalia of society. In ordinary things. In discarded things.
Dennis Waverly, The Woman in Gray.
It is almost impossible to admire resentment.
Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.
Color Me Barbera
Andrew Tertullian, Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.
A is for the long-lost awls,
B for fools of the busy old kind.
C is for chins on porcelain dolls,
D for diaries left unsigned.
E is for effort and resultant pay,
F for fortune with no delay
and for the fiddle (may its droning stay).
Patrick Malmsey, Collected Poems.
It is not possible to prove that “external reality” exists. It is also not possible to prove that there is any need to prove it.
Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.
And, of course, don’t forget that you might be dreaming!
Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.
“You either see it or you don’t, Wilkins. Reasoning about the matter will get you nowhere.”
Stoke Twombly, The Tragedians.
The material world is a void, not a plenum.
Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.
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