--"a zap to the synaptic cleft" (John Leonard)
--"a slice of the strange" (" ")
--"Alone in literature, we find sanctuary" (" ")
--"and a muffled barking of dogs" (Joan Didion)
--"unremarkable good looks" (" ")
--"and dreams about bigger houses, better streets" (" ")
--"cutting both their losses and their hopes" (" ")
--"I wouldn't believe Donald Trump if his tongue were notarized." (Alair Townsend)
--"He invited them over for a carne asada cookout..." (Jennifer Medina)
--"at the still point of the turning world" (T.S. Eliot)
--"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.." (William Butler Yeats)
--"Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast." (Shakespeare)
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