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This thread feels incomplete without this Mark Twain quote: "Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to fi
by alanfalcon 14y ago
This thread feels incomplete without this Mark Twain quote:
"Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot."
- Apocryphon 14y agoI was expecting someone to mention his stance against modern tech and ebooks. But I like it better this way, this is a good memorial and nostalgia thread, fit for an author whose writing style was very nostalgic.
- Qz 14y agoIt's so much easier for people just to delete the books off of your device without your permission than to send people to your house to burn them.
- Dove 14y agoI tried to buy a book of his on my Kindle yesterday. It wasn't there. So I guess I'll be going to the library instead. I think that's what he would have preferred anyhow.
- dschobel 14y agoI prefer this one, which was a response to a prompt about meaning: "How should I know? I only wrote the thing." I've heard it attributed to Hemingway.