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1 " Too much is always enough,” Kate commented. "
― David S. Atkinson , The Garden of Good and Evil Pancakes
2 " Anyway, a bunch of penguins were living in a ceramic bowl of cold spaghetti noodles. There was no tomato sauce because it didn’t exist yet, but that was okay. As the spaghetti was cold, moisture condensed upon it. This kept the spaghetti from sticking, or from sticking to the penguins, or the bowl. It also kept the penguins from sticking to the bowl, and from sticking to each other.As I mentioned, tomato sauce did not exist yet. You should realize since this was a beginning, the moisture didn’t either. Neither did the bowl. I think you can guess about the penguins. How could there be penguins if nothing existed yet? "
― David S. Atkinson , Apocalypse All the Time
3 " It was a bowl cut, the hairstyle for someone who doesn’t grasp respectable haircuts but suddenly has to have one. "
4 " Contrary to common understanding, monotonous songs do not pass time. In fact, they stretch it out to incomprehensible lengths. "
5 " I’m dead glad to meet you both,” Thomas drawled in his best Texas accent, which sounded more like a Canadian version of Pee-wee Herman. "
6 " I don’t even like fishing,” I remarked, “with or without scrotums, particularly snagged ones. "
7 " I’m sure you’d have been able to sympathize if you could have heard the sort of things Social Climber said. I mean, who talks about cheese on a first date? How Gruyere is really superior to Manchego because it has a more subtle flavor? It doesn’t even make any sense! Believe me, the bitch really needed to die. "
8 " Hey,” I said, sitting up so I could see them. “Something just occurred to me.” “That pancakes can’t really be cakes if we don’t frost them?” Thomas asked, playing a three of clubs. I couldn’t tell whether he was serious or not. “Of course not. Don’t be ridiculous. "
