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The Quotable Murr, on writing

02.22.2021 by David Murray // 1 Comment

Apologies to Joan Didion, who said, “I don’t know what I think until I write it down.”

And to Flannery O’Connor, who said, “I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.”

And to William Faulkner, who said, “I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it.”

And to E.M. Forster, who said, “How do I know what I think until I see what I say?”

I never know what I think of an idea until I see how it looks in Boots.

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The Quotable Murr: Monday morning edition

10.12.2020 by David Murray // Leave a Comment

I once knew an old man who, after being confronted with an inexplicably ebullient young store clerk, used to say, “That dame needs some sad pills.”

Last Monday a member of my household was in an obnoxiously better mood than me, and I heard myself grumbling to myself as I went up the stairs, “What crawled up your ass and lived?”

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The Quotable Murr, on corporate correspondents

09.21.2020 by David Murray // 2 Comments

“When they’re not ‘touching base,’ they’re ‘checking in.’ Or they’re ‘circling back,’ which brings turkey vultures to my mind. This is Communication by Cringing Around, and I’m running out of time for it. How about you?”

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