So I bought Virginia Tufte’s Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style

and I’m not far in enough for a review, but I wanted to share some of my favorite sentences from the book:

“War remains the decisive human failure.” -John Kenneth Galbraith (talk about decisive!)

“His was a book which never was intended to reside in a library, but rather to remain in the pockets of travelers.” -Eunice Howe (reminds me of the Beatles song Paperback Writer.)

“The raisins and almonds and figs and apples and oranges and chocolates and sweets were now passed about the table and Aunt Julia invited all the guests to have either port or sherry.” -James Joyce (Not profound, but I wonder what other sweets, besides the fruit and chocolates? and I love reading writing about food.)

“Sun and moon, sun and moon, time goes.” -John Updike

“Space is all one space and thought is all one thought, but my mind divides its spaces into spaces and thoughts into thoughts into thoughts into thoughts. Like a large condominium.” -Andy Warhol