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November 23, 2008

Esquire’s 70 Greatest Sentences

Filed under: culture,writing — Towse @ 1:11 am

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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