Some Nice Phrases

I just felt like posting snippets of writing (mainly phrases) that I found euphonic:

--"to advertise the reader's own urbanity and sophistication" (Ed Simon)

--"denizens of this remote hamlet" (Ed Simon)

--"skin-crawlingly uncomfortable" (Ed Simon)

--"considering the cutthroat capriciousness"  (Ed Simon)

--"a culture-wide attention deficit disorder" (Derek King)

--"and shakes her from self-absorption" (Derek King)

--"someone who delights in the demolition of norms and normalcy" (Ben Tarnoff)

--"ruthless enough to inflict the remedy" (Ben Tarnoff)

--"But beneath the buffoonery is something deadly serious." (Ben Tarnoff)

--"the mendacity and moral depravity" (Ben Tarnoff)

--"An empire in decline is a dangerous animal." (Ben Tarnoff)

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