The Collector

I am a nerd.
I collect sentences that I find exemplary.
Some examples:

You can tell from how much people seem to be enjoying their buffet food that it's got to be a pretty heavily umlauted crowd.
– Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The Last Book Party, Harpers 3/09 p. 50

“So much of the coverage and commentary has to do with the narrative, stagecraft, the political implications of what he is doing,” said David Axelrod, Obama’s special advisor for narrative, stagecraft and the political implications of what the president is doing.
– Jason Horowitz, The Obama ‘Narrative’ is Overshadowing the Presidencies Real Stories, Washington Post 6/20/10 B01

Everyone has to die, and in a hundred years nobody’s going to inquire just how most people died; the best thing is to do it in the way that takes your fancy most.
– Oe Kenzaburo, The Silent Cry, Tokyo: Kodansha, 1967. p.5

Glare and shutter-whizz, the fan’s gaze weaponized: hiss the word… paparazzi.
– James Parker, The Last Pop Star, The Atlantic, June 2010, p. 40

That is all.
-dennis