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Gerhard
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“That’s all right for you literary types,” he says to Emily. “Most writing has been done in a lockdown environment since time immemorial, but aren’t we supposed to follow the science, according to the great Dr. Fauci? What about lab time, for God’s sake? Bio labs? Chemistry and physics labs? What about them? Labs are science!”
— Apr 03, 2026 12:54PM
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Gerhard
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Just when you think you’ve seen the worst human beings have to offer , you find out you’re wrong. There’s no end to evil.
— Apr 13, 2026 01:18PM
Gerhard
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Barbara thinks, I wouldn’t be the first poet to go to jail.
— Apr 13, 2026 12:58PM
Gerhard
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She likes to think (but doesn’t quite believe) there’s a kind of providence at work in matters of right and wrong, blind but powerful, like that statue of Lady Justice holding out her scales. That there’s a force in the affairs of men and women standing on the side of the weak and unsuspecting, and against evil.
— Apr 13, 2026 11:54AM
Gerhard
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No, not to sleep, he thinks, only a doze. Real relief will begin later, with the girl’s liver. And then nourishing soups, stews, filets, and cutlets.
— Apr 12, 2026 03:09PM
Gerhard
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Microwaving kills most nutrients, it’s a known fact. No wonder so many Americans are so unhealthy; that kind of cooking should be banned by law.
— Apr 09, 2026 02:39PM
Gerhard
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There really are more things in heaven and earth than most people believe, Hamlet was right about that.
— Apr 09, 2026 02:11PM
Gerhard
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There are many uses for the brains of their livestock, and such organs as the heart and kidneys, but the liver is what matters most, because it is the consumption of the human liver that preserves vitality and lengthens life.
— Apr 09, 2026 01:32PM
Gerhard
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If you think of literature as a town, then those who read and write poetry are the poor relations who live in shanties across the tracks.
— Apr 09, 2026 12:12PM
Gerhard
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When Barbara says some of the new ones aren’t good, aren’t finished, the old poet waves her objections away. Says it doesn’t matter. Says the important thing is to keep the channel open and the words flowing . “If you don’t,” she says, “your channel may silt up. And then dry up.”
— Apr 08, 2026 01:05PM
Gerhard
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“And bonus! Trump’s gone.”
Leaving behind a country at war with itself, Holly thinks. And who’s to say he won’t reappear in 2024? She thinks of Arnie’s promise from The Terminator: “I’ll be back.”
— Apr 03, 2026 11:15AM
Leaving behind a country at war with itself, Holly thinks. And who’s to say he won’t reappear in 2024? She thinks of Arnie’s promise from The Terminator: “I’ll be back.”
