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“So that was one part of my job: writing a weekly column on anything I wanted. The other part involved traveling to Miami, usually for a week or two at a time, to write cover stories, like the Orlando-Miami basketball feud story. These were longer and somewhat more coherent than my columns, but still deeply unserious. Often the topics were suggested by Gene or Tom, who enjoyed pointing me at a target, like a tactical assault clown, and printing whatever I wrote about it.”
― Dave Barry, Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass—How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up

“Professor O’Brien speaks the language and is qualified to liaise. She’s also completed her certification in combat epistemology and can operate as your staff philosopher, should circumstances require it.”
― Charles Stross, The Jennifer Morgue

“We all fall
but do not all crawl.”
― roger zelazny, Power & Light

“Captain Lydgate's stupidity was delicately scented, carried itself with "style," talked with a good accent, and was closely related to Sir Godwin. Rosamond found it quite agreeable and caught many of its phrases.”
― George Eliot, Middlemarch