His response was to fight it with the only weapons at hand—passive resistance and open displays of contempt.

...Skyscraper National Park

Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.

There is nothing like death to say what is always such an artificial thing to say: The End.

I just don't think people get off on language anymore. Language used to be an elevated art. It used to be for people what music can be. But people don't learn to do that anymore, so eloquence is merely a matter of waste. Who needs a good vocabulary and proper English? Eloquence - it's dead and who needs it?

Powers Hapgood had just come from court because there was some kind of dust-up on a picket line. The judge was so curious about him - coming from a rich family - why he would choose to live as he had. I guess you know what his answer was ..."The Sermon on the Mount, sir." That's important.

He ate a pear. It was a hard one. It fought back against his grinding teeth. It snapped in juicy protest.