January 2011
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The night was filled with horrors, and he thought he knew how Christ must have...
– Joseph Heller, Catch-22
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I find the actual writing a toilsome bore. The only way to get it done is to set...
– C.S. Forester (as quoted in Harvey Breit, The Writer Observed 240 (1956))
/via Bryan Garner’s Usage Tip of the Day
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Clevinger really thought he was right, but Yossarian had proof, because...
– Joseph Heller, Catch-22
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Here’s the big reason, sampling untalent and general mediocrity aside, why...
– David Foster Wallace, Signifying Rappers
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Basically, postmodernism is whatever you want it to be, if you want it badly...
– Bruce Handy
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