dennis scharnberg

Religious faith is not etiquette.

Pamela Hrothgar,  No Stone Unturned.

Jack found himself edging away again.  But where to?  Where did he go on those occasions when he had slipped away from them all?

Chadwick Graves,  One Damned Thing After Another.

“Hopefully this will kill the art schools!” exclaimed Harry, referring to the new interest in online learning.

Anselm Bligh,  A Collection of Miniatures.

“…referring to books that have never existed,” offered Roland.  “You know, like Holmes’ monograph on tobacco ash.”

Giles Coxe-Coburn,  Belief in Insects.

“It’s not courage, Janet.  I’m not courageous.  I am stubborn.”

Hilary Fewkes,  The Banality Killings.

Got spilt milk?

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.

Post-Modernism:  post-anemia anemia.

Nathaniel Bumppo,  The Final Word.

Humility:  no longer being your own audience.

Nathaniel Bumppo,  The Final Word.

Awake:  presumably no longer unconscious.

Nathaniel Bumppo,  The Final Word.

“Well which eye is it, Andrea?  Which one?  The left?  The right?  Or is it the upper one?”

Chadwick Graves,  Maoist Struggle Session and Other Stories.