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Tag: Chrestomathy

Can’t Do Everything

Posted on Monday, April 18, 2022Monday, April 18, 2022 by Douglas Wilson

“It seems to me that our team is really good at explaining the fact of having fallen off the skyscraper, and really bad at judging the distance to the sidewalk.”

Mis-Inflation, p. 20

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Like a Balloon

Posted on Friday, April 15, 2022Friday, April 15, 2022 by Douglas Wilson

“Given the amount of helium we have been pumping into the economy in recent years, it is a very real question to me why that economy hasn’t floated off yet.”

Mis-Inflation, p. 4

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Pick Your Poison

Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2022Thursday, April 14, 2022 by Douglas Wilson

“We talk about how reckless government spending really is a catastrophic thing, but how the looming catastrophe might not be what everyone was anticipating—more like carbon monoxide poisoning than a giant fireball.”

Mis-Inflation, p. vi

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An Even Emptier Glass

Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2022Wednesday, April 13, 2022 by Douglas Wilson

“We are not arguing that the glass is half full when most conservatives say it is half empty. We are saying that everybody is looking at the wrong glass, and the one we are looking at is even emptier.”

Mis-Inflation, p. v

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Even More Wicked

Posted on Monday, April 11, 2022Monday, April 11, 2022 by Douglas Wilson

“The dragon obeys all the rules of the story. He hates them, but he obeys them. If you ever meet a dragon in a story that does not obey the rules, then that story is even more wicked than the dragon is.”

Andrew and the Firedrake, p. 140

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Black Magic Woman

Posted on Wednesday, April 6, 2022Wednesday, April 6, 2022 by Douglas Wilson

“Just inside the door, was something that looked like a giant spider, but just for a moment. Andrew blinked and instead there was a beautiful woman, with a red sash and white robe, raven hair, and eyes as black as the knife in his pouch.”

Andrew and the Firedrake, p. 95

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Just a Little One

Posted on Tuesday, April 5, 2022Tuesday, April 5, 2022 by Douglas Wilson

“The longer he had been in Greenland, the more he had felt his spirits rising, and the less he feared meeting the dragon. In fact, on some mornings, he was almost looking forward to meeting the dragon. And maybe there was something here for him to fight. Maybe a little dragon for practice.”

Andrew and the Firedrake, p. 93

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Burning Bandages

Posted on Monday, April 4, 2022Monday, April 4, 2022 by Douglas Wilson

“Andrew had not gotten much sleep because the gash in his knee was burning like the bandage was on fire.”

Andrew and the Firedrake, p. 86

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Nuts and Oranges

Posted on Friday, April 1, 2022Friday, April 1, 2022 by Douglas Wilson

“Her voice was a sweet contralto, and it reminded Andrew of nuts, and oranges, and a woman that he assumed was his mother.”

Andrew and the Firedrake, p. 81

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All Misery

Posted on Thursday, March 31, 2022Thursday, March 31, 2022 by Douglas Wilson

“Not big. By the time a soul is damned, it has withered a great deal. But what is left is all misery.”

Andrew and the Firedrake, p. 77

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