Saturday, May 8, 2010

Favorite quotations

Short:
"Shut up," he explained.
[Ring Lardner, The Young Immigrants]
Slightly longer:
I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did.
I said I didn't know.

[Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi]
(The second one has come in useful on more than one occasion!)

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