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“Novelists tell that piece of truth hidden at the bottom of every lie.”

Lying Pieces Bottom Novelists

Author:Italo Calvino

“The very "marks" on the bottom of a piece of rare crockery are able to throw me into a gibbering ecstasy.”

Able Pieces Mark Bottom Ecstasy Pottery Ceramics

Book:A Tramp Abroad: Mark Twain's Collections

Source: A Tramp Abroad: Mark Twain's Collections

“I remember the very first suit I bought. It was a three-piece denim suit with bell-bottoms.”

Firsts Remember Three Pieces Bottom Suits Bells Denim

Author:Grant Show

“When you cut it up, put the pieces in your mouth and swallowed them, the British hamburger shaped itself to the bottom on your stomach like ballast, while interacting with your gastric juices to form an incipient belch of enormous potential, an airship which had been inflated in a garage. This belch, when silently released, would cause people standing twenty yards away to start examining the soles of their shoes. The vocalized version sounded like a bag of tools thrown into a bog.”

Source: Falling Towards England: (Unreliable Memoirs Continued)

“The market performs miracles so routinely that we take it for granted. Supermarkets provide 30,000 choices at rock-bottom prices. We take it for granted that when we stick a piece of plastic in a wall, cash will come out; that when we give the same plastic to a stranger, he will rent us a car, and the next month, Visa will have the accounting correct to the penny. By contrast, "experts" in government can't even count the vote accurately.”

Giving Government Choices Next Pieces Rocks Car Wall Months Vote Miracle Sticks Bottom Stranger Granted Experts Cash Contrast Plastic Pennies Accounting Supermarkets Visa

Author:John Stossel

“So, we get into the first piece. Then, layer, layer, layer, do all of this. Then we jump into the trousers. Then I'm zip-tied in to this bottom piece and glued into the feet. So you can't get out. There is a zipper...somewhere. But it'll cost you money to find out where. And to actually make it functional, it's pretty ridiculous. So, I plan ahead.”

Firsts Pieces Plans Feet Cost Bottom Ridiculous Layers Tied Trousers Zips Zippers

Author:Colm Feore