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La calidad literaria es inversamente proporcional al número de lectores.

es precisamente esa ausencia de interés por la verdad –esa indiferencia ante el modo de ser de las cosas– lo que yo considero la esencia de la charlatanería." (Frankfurt, 2006: 44.).

Diaries of Garry Shandling

He] looked at her as though she'd lost her mind, and [she] had her first experience of men rewriting history. "I did no such thing [he said]

sight." "Yeah?" That blue fire returned

Martha?" Toby asked. "Is that Ã¢â'¬Â¦ Martha Stewart?" "Heavens, no! I mean the real Martha. Pullen, of course. The Queen of Sewing.

Probably no purer incitement to hatred existed, Lydia had found, than being told of anyone or anything: you will love him, her or it. The spirit immediately rose up like a fanged cobra.

I must try to be charitable, Caroline thought: probably she doesn't mean to sound as if she is continually translating from Latin.

We are always parting! It's supposed to be sweet sorrow or something, isn't it? Those poets. They'll say anything.

Miss Rose in this demonstrating the peculiar talent of those who proclaim their absence of self-esteem for getting a lot of attention by pretending they never get any

Still, some might say it was her duty to endure it. But she could not sacrifice self-respect on the altar of convention. That's rather a good phrase, isn't it? I must have read it somewhere.

I'm so hungry," Amy said sleepily. "Hey, you stole my line," Dan said.

Scientists should seek shielded mediators whenever they face incurable confounders.

literary annexes known as Houses of Life.

The grocer told him that he participated in his sorrow, the Hebrew way of expressing condolence.

opened the door to Daniel's office, he'd hardly been able to breathe. Daniel had been sitting at his desk with a manuscript

A harem," she murmured into his neck and laughed at last at the notion. "I can't believe you had a harem. You are hilarious, Stuart." He laughed. At himself. "I hated men. I loved women. I wanted them all. It seemed logical to start to accumulate them.

She be a smart woman, ain't she? Yes, sir. I shouldn't have made such a fuss. I can get in some water. Just like that, he admitted he was wrong. What an amazing conversation. (hardback, large print, page 76)

in practice the standard for what constitutes rape is set not at the level of women's experience of violation but just above the level of coercion acceptable to men.

In general desirability, a child-free environment is considered somewhere between smoke-free and germ-free. Miss

Strength is the capacity to break a Hershey bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces.

Mr. Grayson, we trusted that you and your wife were Gentiles.

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.

Ajouter deux lettres à Paris, c'est le paradis.