Word Wednesday 08.08.2007
“People are gross.” Randy Dean in The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
Word Wednesday
Word Wednesday: The God Edition
“I always think if God were here, he, she, or it would be suing a lot of people for libel.” Sinead O’Connor, as quoted on the AfterEllen blog, which I believe was quoting someone else
Word Wednesday: Best Metaphor Ever
“He fell for her like he was a mob informant and she was the East River.” This is from a book called Comma Sutra that Dr. Huffman brought to class last night. (Yes, there really is a book called Comma Sutra. My birthday is in 24 days.)
Word Wednesday on Thursday
“It’s a miracle when a good stylist can take the unmanageable tangle that is our language and craft a sparkling, coherent, evocative sentence out of it.” Verbatim by Erin McKean
Word Wednesday 07.11.2007
“I’d forgotten how the downtown scene could be—people cultivating weirdness like it was a disease or a career.” Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver