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Well, anyway, I was reading this James Bond book, and right away I realized
that like most books, it had too many words.  The plot was the same one that
all James Bond books have: An evil person tries to blow up the world, but
James Bond kills him and his henchmen and makes love to several attractive
women.  There, that's it: 24 words.  But the guy who wrote the book took
*thousands* of words to say it.
        Or consider "The Brothers Karamazov", by the famous Russian alcoholic
Fyodor Dostoyevsky.  It's about these two brothers who kill their father.
Or maybe only one of them kills the father.  It's impossible to tell because
what they mostly do is talk for nearly a thousand pages.  If all Russians talk
as much as the Karamazovs did, I don't see how they found time to become a
major world power.
        I'm told that Dostoyevsky wrote "The Brothers Karamazov" to raise
the question of whether there is a God.  So why didn't he just come right
out and say: "Is there a God? It sure beats the heck out of me."
        Other famous works could easily have been summarized in a few words:

* "Moby Dick" -- Don't mess around with large whales because they symbolize
  nature and will kill you.
* "A Tale of Two Cities" -- French people are crazy.
                -- Dave Barry
 
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What good is an obscenity trial except to popularize literature?
                -- Nero Wolfe, "The League of Frightened Men"
 
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What I tell you three times is true.
                -- Lewis Carroll
 
Linux Literature:  232 of 256

What no spouse of a writer can ever understand is that a writer is working
when he's staring out the window.
 
Linux Literature:  233 of 256

When angry, count four; when very angry, swear.
                -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
 
Linux Literature:  234 of 256

When I reflect upon the number of disagreeable people who I know who have gone
to a better world, I am moved to lead a different life.
                -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
 
Linux Literature:  235 of 256

When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened
or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I
cannot remember any but the things that never happened.  It is sad to
go to pieces like this but we all have to do it.
                -- Mark Twain
 
Linux Literature:  236 of 256

When in doubt, tell the truth.
                -- Mark Twain
 
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When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes.
                -- Dylan Thomas
 
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When you are about to die, a wombat is better than no company at all.
                -- Roger Zelazny, "Doorways in the Sand"
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