unearths some literary gems.
From Brief Lives, by Alan Vanneman:
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I hate rosewood. It's so rosy.
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When he was done with all four columns he started on the wainscoting. Now that was a pleasant word. Where would we be without wainscoting? I've got to fuck Dennis, he has the most fabulous wainscoting.
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Dennis, Dennis, Dennis! It's so fucking Toledo. Why not Andre Agassi, for Christ's sake? How could you not win Wimbledon when your name is Andre Agassi?
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"If you've got to ask..."
"You can't afford it. That's the law of the sea."
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She had this little spidery writing, like she could hardly bear to touch the pen to the paper.
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