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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.

“I am the satisfied owner of not one but two detached sheds,” admitted Jackson. “And that’s all I really care about. Well, that and ale, and the occasional plate of bread and cheese.”

Adrian Caliban, The Magnificent Egglestons.

“Who is blowing on that duck call?” wondered Miss Hawkins. “Certainly not Jack Gilbert. That is a wonderful young man.”

Stacie Knotts, Crazy Days.

“I will make that call. And not only soon, but very soon.” Trevor believed that even the most paltry TV ad deserved a direct oral response from the viewer.

Anselm Bligh, A Collection of Miniatures.