Saturday, November 22, 2008
Esquire's 70 Greatest Sentences
Esquire's 70 Greatest Sentences
Well, these sorts of things are always, "Why did they choose that?" "Why didn't they choose that?"
Sample sentences from the list:
Also, I shouldn't have to say this, but do not, under any circumstances, put Pop Rocks in your ass. --Stacey Grenrock Woods, Sex column, 2003
It showed a crowd of freaks bending over a dying fat man on a dark and lonely road, looking at a tattoo on his back which illustrated a crowd of freaks bending over a dying fat man on a . . . --Ray Bradbury, "The Illustrated Man," 1950
Many of the great sentences deal with sex, erections, and/or war.
Hm.
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Well, these sorts of things are always, "Why did they choose that?" "Why didn't they choose that?"
Sample sentences from the list:
Also, I shouldn't have to say this, but do not, under any circumstances, put Pop Rocks in your ass. --Stacey Grenrock Woods, Sex column, 2003
It showed a crowd of freaks bending over a dying fat man on a dark and lonely road, looking at a tattoo on his back which illustrated a crowd of freaks bending over a dying fat man on a . . . --Ray Bradbury, "The Illustrated Man," 1950
Many of the great sentences deal with sex, erections, and/or war.
Hm.
[via Grapes2.0]
: views from the Hill
Bertold Brecht:
Everything changes. You can make
A fresh start with your final breath.
But what has happened has happened. And the water
You once poured into the wine cannot be
Drained off again.
Everything changes. You can make
A fresh start with your final breath.
But what has happened has happened. And the water
You once poured into the wine cannot be
Drained off again.