And each year now we know more, but we know no better — what we see in the sky is simply the softened gloss of the past sifting back to us, and likewise, every atom down the body’s shining length was inside a star, and will be again.
Nothing raises the national temperature more than a VACANCY sign hanging from the colonnaded front of the Supreme Court. - Christopher Buckley
Nothing raises the national temperature more than a VACANCY sign hanging from the colonnaded front of the Supreme Court.
- Christopher Buckley
E-mails are the new herpes: You never get rid of them. - Christopher Buckley
E-mails are the new herpes: You never get rid of them.
One realization does dawn upon the death of the second parent, namely that you've now moved into the green room to the River Styx. You're next. - Christopher Buckley
One realization does dawn upon the death of the second parent, namely that you've now moved into the green room to the River Styx. You're next.
Who needs evidence when you've got the Internet? - Christopher Buckley
Who needs evidence when you've got the Internet?
I think that every man is afraid of his wife. - Christopher Buckley
I think that every man is afraid of his wife.
Reading any collection of a man's quotations is like eating the ingredients that go into a stew instead of cooking them together in the pot. You eat … - Christopher Buckley
Reading any collection of a man's quotations is like eating the ingredients that go into a stew instead of cooking them together in the pot. You eat …
How many times had those awful words - "I know what I'm doing" - been uttered throughout history as prelude to disaster? - Christopher Buckley
How many times had those awful words - "I know what I'm doing" - been uttered throughout history as prelude to disaster?
I looked at Mum and realized -- twang! -- that she was telling an untruth. A big untruth. And I remember thinking in that instant how thrilling and g… - Christopher Buckley
I looked at Mum and realized -- twang! -- that she was telling an untruth. A big untruth. And I remember thinking in that instant how thrilling and g…
The best advice on writing I've ever received was from William Zinsser: 'Be grateful for every word you can cut.' - Christopher Buckley
The best advice on writing I've ever received was from William Zinsser: 'Be grateful for every word you can cut.'
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