“Promoting novels in a soundbite culture is like selling elephants from a gumball machine.” Barbara Kingsolver
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Quote
On “Best” guns, from the delightful Westley Richards Blog: “…the very best work is still done by men with files and chisels and, by definition, best work is what a best gun is about. When asked about the difference between making guns and making best guns, Tom Wilkes made the observation ‘it all comes down …
Literary Quote
In art, one is not compelled to choose sides, one poet or novelist at the expense of another. Beckett and Larkin are not mutually exclusive tastes. One feels no pressure to be consistent. Aesthetic love is promiscuous without being unfaithful. One loves Swift and Henry James, Italo Svevo and Barbara Pym. Rigorous consistency in matters …
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You know the essence of this, from Chandler, but Micah Mattix adds something from a Prufrock last week: “There is no such thing as high or low culture. There is interesting culture and boring culture. There are works of art that show great skill and those that don’t.”
Another Quote
…just popped up. From John Stuart Mill: “He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that. . . . Nor is it enough that he should hear the arguments of adversaries from his own teachers, presented as they state them, and accompanied by what they offer as refutations. This is …
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“If the people who own pets do not come to understand the natural world and the true lives of animals, there will be no animals but pets. I share this so that others might learn from it and benefit from our experiences, not to be lectured by people without boundaries. All animals are not pets, …
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“There are countless horrible things happening all over the country, and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible. “ AuberonWaugh, sent by Tom McIntyre
Another Quote
A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition. (Attributed to Kipling by Paula Young Lee, though I have heard a similar one attributed to Jeff Cooper– who well may have gotten it from Kipling).
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“Some read that they may embellish their conversation, or shine in dispute; some that they may not be detected in ignorance, or want the reputation of literary accomplishments: but the most general and prevalent reason of study is the impossibility of finding another amusement equally cheap or constant, equally independent on the hour or the …
Gun Quote with Examples
A bunch of 37’s and a 17 “If an ancient Athenian had to choose between an M12 and an M17-37, he would no doubt have chosen the sexier looking of the two, the Winchester. On the other hand, an ancient Spartan would have grabbed the Remington or Ithaca and shot the Athenian while he oogled …