December 2011
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“There seems to be something in the chill breezes which scurry through the long,...”
– Theodore Dreiser, in Sister Carrie, pp. 87-88. Hey, maybe capitalism and Christmas aren’t such a bad combination.
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“The finale in an automated parking garage in Mumbai (yes, the movie goes from...”
– David Edelstein, in his review of Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol, published in New York Magazine. More variations on the M:I theme “than Beethoven did on Diabelli’s”! Tee-hee!
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“We discovered and enjoyed the only true Bohemia. Every day and night we repaired...”
– O. Henry, in his short story “The Plutonian Fire.” The quote is from p. 8 in Selected Stories of O. Henry, as published by Barnes & Noble Classics. Delicious descriptions of sound punctuated by the brilliantly unpretentious last line. Hilarious! 