You can’t write with dry ink. Likewise, using another author’s dried words to make your writing more fluid is not only dishonest, but it’s against everything I stand for as a former lifeguard.

“The peace corps looks like peace corpse, and death isn’t a very peaceful though…”

“Life is short. But so are midgets.”

“I want a house that costs somewhere in the neighborhood of any other neighborho…”

“I still remember her meandering Mississippi kiss. I sipped it like a riverboat …”