Kyle Thomas Hemingway: The ephemera edit

“Most of life is so dull it is not worth discussing, and it is dull at all ages. When we change our brand of cigarette, move to a new neighborhood, subscribe to a different newspaper, fall in and out of love, we are protesting in ways both frivolous and deep against the not to be diluted dullness of day-to-day living.”

“Most secrets should never be told, but especially those that are more menacing to the listener than to the teller.”

“Aesthetic sense is the twin of one’s instinct for self-preservation and is more reliable than ethics.”

“The unusual name was supplied by [Elijah] Bond’s sister-in-law, medium Helen Peters, who asked the board for a name and watched as it spelled O-U-I-J-A (although there’s also been speculation that the name is a combination of the French and German words for ‘yes’).”

“Stared at as closely or keenly as possible, even the most elegant, precise, or selfsame forms are revealed as monsters.”