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…for the benefit of a pedantic fellow student whom I did not like, I pretended I had caught hydrophobia from a dog brain, and I started to bark and bite this colleague— now hysterical— in the leg. But the astute Oliver Strong, who came on the scene just as my victim, trying to escape, had upset an incubator, instead of disciplining me academically had other students hold a down and poured a bucket of sea urchins down my neck.

— As I Remember Him by Hans Zinsser

Chapter III: He speaks of his birth and childhood, and since he seemed to derive a nostalgic satisfaction from this, I allowed him to run on — though he introduced much that is irrelevant

— As I Remember Him by Hans Zinsser

“More women are murdering people these days,” says Joyce. “If you ignore the context, it is a real sign of progress.”

— The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman