Discussing Books Gifts

'I don't know about you, Tex, but I thought that the relationship between Elizabeth and Mr Darcy was darn tootin'.'

Freedom comes at a cost. We must be willing to pay the ultimate price. Retail.

Multi-Generational Books

My belief is if you're old enough to take texts, counter-texts, and meta-texts in Western Philosophy, you should be old enough to drink.

"Strawman argument terrorises conversation... News at eleven."

"That's five votes for In The Midst of Winter....three votes for The Hollow Ground....and, again, one vote for Moby-Dick."

"It's a great story, funny and entertaining - and better still it's not won a single prize for literature."

"Yes, could you discuss the inspiration for the protagonist? Specifically, the motivations which propel the direction of his narrative?" "I would prefer not to." "Bartleby, the author."

A book reviewer reads between the margins.

"You'll learn a lot at our book club...like how to read between the wines."

Spelling a newspaper

'To avoid possible schism, a period of careful reflection is needed before changing the light-bulb.'

"Wallace couldn't come, but I brought some of his fussy prose."

Frontispiece to 'The Pickwick Papers'

"I don'y know about you guys, but I don't feel like I've lost one goddamn bit of my feminity."

'How are we supposed to think the unthinkable if we have to drink the drinkable?'

'He's always looking for an argument!'

Crop Circle: Meet the Author

"I just completely disagree with what you just said about America lacking focus."

'What did He do before he was God?'

'Big Issue...'

"The problem is: reasonable men may differ on what the hell reason is!"

"I hate arguing with someone who knows what they're talking about."

Huge support for focus groups etc but nobody at the political meeting

Uni. Snowflake Library

'Crisis? Which crisis?'

"Free speech" does not mean your ignorance is equivalent to our knowledge!

'Edward de Vere? -- give me a break!'

"Well, instead of discussing the book we could discuss why none of us had time to read it."

"Oh I don't think it's as bad as all that. In fact, I think we're in the golden age of something which we won't even realize it's the golden age of until many years from now."

"Hey Dad? Are we still atheists?"