“English, however, is kinky. It has a predilection for dressing up like Welsh on lonely nights.”
― Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English
― Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English
“In short, the mathematics of self-organizing lists suggests something radical: the big pile of papers on your desk, far from being a guilt-inducing fester of chaos, is actually one of the most well-designed and efficient structures available. What might appear to others to be an unorganized mess is, in fact, a self-organizing mess.”
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“Likest thou jelly within thy doughnut?"
"Nay, but prithee, with sprinkles 'pon it instead, I said solemnly, and frosting of white.”
― Small Favor
"Nay, but prithee, with sprinkles 'pon it instead, I said solemnly, and frosting of white.”
― Small Favor
“Got any good ideas, soldier?” “Lots of them. Somebody gunned Geiger. Somebody got gunned by Geiger, who ran away. Or it was two other fellows. Or Geiger was running a cult and made blood sacrifices in front of that totem pole. Or he had chicken for dinner and liked to kill his chickens in the front parlor.”
― The Big Sleep
― The Big Sleep
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