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Some events are significant, and others are not.

Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.

At one point, he was heard to claim that [Joyce’s] Ulysses was one long elaborate palindrome. When a colleague pointed out that a simple glimpse at the initial and final line would dispel this notion, he shouted that the novel should have been a palindrome.

Leighton Johns, My Uncle Toby.

Any object is somewhat like any other object.

Royce Michaels, The Kingdom of Ice.

Words cast a spell upon an audience.

Dennis W. Sylvester, Confessions of a Moon Man.

As Engels noted more than once, conspiracy schemes do not require puppeteers.

Hilbert Kaasa, The Fabian Way.

In the future, anything not prohibited will be mandatory.

Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.

…only certain things—only a few things—are natural. Mountains, for example. Or boulders.

Paul Uccelo, The Enigma of the Box.

“Not ‘resonate’, Andrews. But ‘operate’. The words operate.”

Marston Moore, Sweet Meteor of Death.

“Of course, I decided to start laughing in that manner quite some time ago,” said Todd, after emitting a long horrible screeching noise.

Charles Jeffrey Yett, Writing in Miniature—Volume Three.

Sophistication: upside down.

Nathaniel Bumppo, The Final Word.