Mis'ry'n'barrassment are hungersome for blame
The human world is made of stories, not people. The people the stories use to tell themselves are not to be blamed
The Icon'ry, Aunt Bees said, held Valleysmen's past an' present all t'gether
Over 85% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
The present is a battleground . . . where rival what-ifs compete to become the future 'what-is.' How does one what-if prevail over its adversaries? The answer . . . 'Military and political power, of c...
No one’s ever very sure if doves and pigeons are the same bird or not.
Neither of us had anything to say, or rather we had everything to say, but after all those nights of not saying a word, we suddenly found we had not one dollar of time left between us.
The pieces fell into place. I fell into pieces.
The world unmakes stuff faster than people can make it.
Writing novels worth reading will bugger up your mind, jeopardize your relationships, and distend your life.
Then the true true is diff'rent to the seemin' true? said I.Yay, an' it usually is, I mem'ry Meronym sain', an' that's why true true is presher'n'rarer'n diamonds
We cross, crisscross, and recross our old tracks like figure skaters.
It is a gift from your ancestors and a loan from your descendants.
The rain's innumerable hooves spatter on the streets and roofs.
It's a small world. It keeps recrossing itself.
It's not lies or anything, just truths I made up.
I’d learn betrayals came in various shapes and sizes, but to betray someone’s dream is the unforgivable one.
I’m not in the Scouts any more,’ I remind her. Mr Moody our scoutmaster told me to get lost, so I did, and it took the Snowdonia mountain rescue service two days to find my shelter.
Think of Big Mac’s aphorism: In order to have sex, women need to feel loved; but in order for men to feel loved, we need to have sex.
The pursuit of insight takes you deep into the forest.
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