Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Favorite Sentence: Philip Roth's Nemesis

"He filled his lungs with the harmless clean air of the Pocono Mountains, then bounded three steps forward, took off, and, in control of every inch of his body throughout the blind flight, did a simple swan dive into water he could see only the instant before his arms broke neatly through and he plumbed the cold purity of the lake to its depths."  (page 157)

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Favorite Sentence: Richard Froude's Fabric (Horse Less Press)

"When I was younger, at school or church or somewhere, the teacher told us that if the phone rings in the night, it's rarely good news." (page 8)

Friday, August 5, 2011

Favorite Sentence: Laurence Sterne's The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman


"No, I’ll not say a word about it—here it is;—in publishing it—I have appealed to the world—and to the world I leave it;—it must speak for itself."

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Favorite Sentence: Mathias Svalinas's I Am A Very Productive Entrepreneur (Mud Luscious Press)

"Even when your loved one has been dead for so long that the junk mail in his name has stopped arriving in the mailbox." (page 46)