Literature Elitist Gifts

" will enver read that book, and I"m eagerly waiting to avoid the movie."

"Yes, one is a dog."

Dickens & Tolstoy Walk into a Bar: " . . . so, to make a short story long . . . "

'He was a great writer'

'Look mum and dad! They let me keep my appendix!' - A young book excitedly showing off his appendix to his arriving parents.

Natürlich verstehst du es nicht. Er ist ein Künstler für Künstler.

'This is all without rhyme or reason.'

'Oxford, Cambridge, Redbrick, Poly . . .'

Champagne at the hunt

Sporting snobs talk about hunting on turnpike roads

'I want my ideas called 'concepts' not 'notions'.'

"I preferred the graphic novel of the origin story of the original prequel."

William Wordsworth

"Another helping of pretentiousness, anyone?"

Tea Snob.

“Don’t underestimate his lawyers. They went to Harvard.”

'Oh-oh -- I think I've invented writer's block!'

Geek wears T-shirt that points to his friend and says: 'I'm with someone who fails to grasp the key principles of modular representation theory.'

"Fire, bad. Smoke, good... quite the conundrum."

Truman Capote

'I realize that you're upset that Oprah hasn't reviewed your new book on her show. But you are on MY show, so why don't you tell us what inspired you to write 'Overcoming Disappointment and Resentment.''

"When I left Princeton, I spent a summer briefcasing in Europe."

Books versus TV.

Night of the Living Well-Read

Reference: Who's Who/Who Cares

'These upcoming negotiations are going to be rough Jekyll, son you better send Hyde.'

"Sorry, sir. But if you can't pronounce it, you can't have it."

'Baskerville, that's right: The Hound killed by Sherlock Holmes was one of my ancestors...'

'What do you mean 'What would Jane Austen do?''

'What a day! I feel like I've been through the ringer.'

"Yo, novella!"

'I should've stayed the way I was. Now, I have to exercise, watch my cholesterol, and dodge this little pest called Cupid.'

"Well, it works for Susan Sontag."

'There's nothing wrong with being highbrow.'

"We spent the summer on the Côte de Jersey."