In their general style they had a lot in common with little-kid art, which was probably what made them glom on to kid neurons like herpes.
“Love is a smoke rais’d with the fume of sighs; being purg’d, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes . . .
—William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet”
― A Fire Sparkling
—William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet”
― A Fire Sparkling
“Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws. The Hingefreel people of Arkintoofle Minor did try to build spaceships that were powered by bad news but they didn't work particularly well and were so extremely unwelcome whenever they arrived anywhere that there wasn't really any point in being there.”
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“How do you know when a fish is going bonkers?’ ‘They start preaching about the end of the world,’ Slim chuckles.”
― Boy Swallows Universe
― Boy Swallows Universe
“What are your professional qualifications?’ He laughed. ‘The university of life. The school of hard knocks.”
― The Rosie Effect
― The Rosie Effect
“Maybe we’d all be much more effective communicators if we all shut up more.”
― Boy Swallows Universe
― Boy Swallows Universe
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