“Deciding on a safe answer to a question is like deciding on a safe ingredient in a sandwich, because if you make the wrong decisions you may find that something horrible is coming out of your mouth.”
― The Penultimate Peril
― The Penultimate Peril
“It is hard for decent people to stay angry at someone who has burst into tears, which is why it is often a good idea to burst into tears if a decent person is yelling at you.”
― The Carnivorous Carnival
― The Carnivorous Carnival
“Time erodes gratitude more quickly than it does beauty!”
― The Godfather
― The Godfather
“It is one of the peculiar truths of life that people often say things that they know full well are ridiculous.”
― The Slippery Slope
― The Slippery Slope
“And sometimes we discuss frightening and troublesome animals that might be nearby, and this topic always leads to much disagreement over which part of a frightening and troublesome beast is the most frightening and troublesome. Some say the teeth of the beast, because teeth are used for eating children, and often their parents, and gnawing on their bones. Some say the claws of the beast, because claws are used for ripping things to shreds. And some say the hair of the beast, because hair can make allergic people sneeze. But I always insist that the most frightening part of any beast is its belly, for the simple reason that if you are seeing the belly of the beast it means you have already seen the teeth of the beast and the claws of the of the beast and even the hair of the beast, and now you are trapped and there is probably no hope for you.”
― The Carnivorous Carnival
― The Carnivorous Carnival
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