HALF WAY THERE

December 10, 2013
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Now that we’ve crossed the river, we’ll go through here and soon be at grandmother’s house. Don’t worry. The steed is familiar with the route.

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YE OLD ANCESTRAL DIGS

December 9, 2013
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A PHRASE OF PERFECTION BY MR. JOYCE

December 7, 2013
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Early on in Ulysses, when Mr. Bloom sits down to his breakfast of pan seared kidney, we see him: chewing with discernment the toothsome pliant meat.

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A SENTENCE BY DAVID SEDARIS

November 30, 2013

I wish that I could see the people’s faces as they look in amazement at me, a man made of inner tubes, a dark tornado that can save them from drowning. A perfectly clear statement needing no explanation from me.

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IT IS THIS COLD

November 25, 2013
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A SENTENCE BY ROALD DAHL

November 23, 2013
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No other factory in the world mixes chocolate by waterfall! From you-know-who and the you-know-what

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RATIO WARNING

November 18, 2013

Watch out when the ratio of here and now to there and then falls below 80/20. 95/5 is excellent. 90/10 is all right. 85/15 is borderline. 80/20? Watch the next sunset without fail.

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A SENTENCE BY MARGERY ALLINGHAM

November 16, 2013

The fog was like a saffron blanket soaked in ice-water. The smokey fog is a major character in Allingham’s The Tiger in the Smoke.

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A SENTENCE BY TRUMAN CAPOTE

November 9, 2013

The walls were stucco, and the color rather like tobacco-spit. A very Truman sentence indeed from Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

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WHAT I LIKE TO DO

November 4, 2013
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I like to tell stories about storytellers telling stories.

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