Literary Sparring Pillows

Theoresentful

"Them's cat-fightin' words, Arlin!"

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

"So, what are you reading?"

'No, go ahead and critique my mss. I'm always ok ... after the initial reaction.'

Academic Affairs: The Chair of Philosophy Corners the Chair of the Sciences

'Are you sure you saw my client do it? Let me remind you, it takes one to know one.'

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

'You're an interesting combination of shallow and thick.'

"Ohhh... He's out all right!"

Nature vs. Nietzsche.

Department de Philosophie

Man and Women in a Boxing Ring

'Then it's agreed. It doesn't have to rhyme.'

Book Shop: The great American Novel and The great American tweet.

A poison pen fights a poison mic.

"It's the Garden Street book club. They wanna rumble!"

'One pundit tonight is from a think tank, the other writes 'Books for Dummies'.'

"I've been thinking harder than you have, and my thought experiment disproves your thought experiment."

'What do you mean, 'you can read me like a book'? You've never read a book!'

'I've gone over the fight tapes and I think I've pinpointed your weakness.'

'I say it doesn't matter what you believe as long as you're sincere.', 'Who do you think you're kidding?'

'This is because you disagree with my theory on existentialism?'

Chi Kick

'Let's give him a couple more minutes, but it looks like we've got ourselves a bum who can't fight his way out of a paper bag.'

"You got him running scared, kid. He thinks he might actually kill you."

"In this corner, a man who describes everything as 'Orwellian.' And in this corner, a guy who loves saying 'Kafka-esque!'"

Historians' Tiff

'I say, Addison

Yes, such a meeting of Mistress' friends can be very feisty and involve lots of arguing: it's called a "book club"...

Boxing.

"She's promiscuous. She's in five book groups."

Poets Arguing

Thank goodness, SAVED by the Bell!'

"Where did you say you went to college?"