“The Definition of Insanity” Quotes
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a raise. ~Robert Brault, 2013, rbrault.blogspot.com Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting … Read more
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Altered Book Quotes: Charles Dickens
Welcome to my blackout poetry quotes and altered prose from the works of Charles Dickens (1812–1870). This is a “collaboration” of Dickens’ words and my selective removal … Read more
“Don’t Cry Over Spilt…” Quotes
It’s no good crying over spilt milk, because all the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it. ~W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage, 1915 Instead … Read more
“The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword” Quotes
The pen is mightier than the sword. ~Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Richelieu, 1839 The word is mightier than the sword. ~Ahiqar, circa 5th century BCE The tongue is mightier … Read more
Altered Book Quotes: Diary of a Chambermaid
Welcome to my blackout poetry quotes and altered prose from The Diary of a Chambermaid by Octave Mirbeau, translated from the French by Benjamin R. Tucker, 1900. … Read more
Altered Book Quotes: Fight Club
Welcome to my blackout poetry quotations from Chuck Palahniuk’s novel Fight Club. Each poem is created from a single page of the book, removing words to reveal … Read more
Monoculus Miscellany: One-Eyed Quotes
I came across these single-eye quotations while researching the “one-eyed man is king” proverb. I subtitle this page my literary luscus, tuerto truisms, borgne bon mots, purblind proverbs, … Read more
A poet’s music & truth (lyres & liars)
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth. ~Jean Cocteau [T]he poetic soul… a living lyre, it only lives enough to echo, and all that … Read more
Words rule!
Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. ~Percy Bysshe Shelley, “A Defence of Poetry,” 1821 Those who tell the stories rule society. ~Author unknown, commonly attributed … Read more
Altered Book Quotes: The Scarlet Letter
Welcome to my blackout poetry quotes and altered prose from The Scarlet Letter. This is a “collaboration” of Hawthorne’s words and my selective removal of words. Wording … Read more