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“I want to be told that I am happy, Gavin. And in no uncertain terms!”

Hildebrand Slough, The Perfect List.

Among other things, Dickens was a master of lists, as was Shakespeare 250 years before him.

Palmer Coates, The Dark Afternoon of the Soul.

Discipline: an obsolete concept.

Nathaniel Bumppo, The Final Word.

It’s not what happens during sleep that matters. It is that we sleep. That’s what tells us something.

Octavius Kinder, A Sustainable Unhappiness.

“Well, sir, confusion is my meat and drink. My joy. I specialize in confusion.”

Benedict Elder, A Cosmopolitan Paradise.

They were told that life began when lightning struck a mud puddle. And they can’t get past that. They do not try.

Hilbert Kaasa, The Fabian Way.

He paid 180 million for that de Kooning. That is roughly $600,000 for each brushstroke.

Crispin Trove, The Viewer as Pest.

Benno laid camp for five legions__ / ____ / __at high ground / That river floods in spring__ /

Hildegarde Busby, tr., Latin Epigraph Fragments.

Poison of drink__ / ____ / Poison of [mind]__ / __the shouting of soldiers__ /

Hildegarde Busby, tr., Latin Epigraph Fragments.

Into the valley__ / The first valley__ / So many items covered in gold__ /

Hildegarde Busby, tr., Latin Epigraph Fragments.