After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language?
- from Turtle Diary, tweeted by Joe Snow
Place of dismemberment? said Kleinzeit.
Everywhere, all the time, said Hall of Records.
- from Kleinzeit, tweeted by David Dixon
Sometimes now I dream of music. Not opera music, what it is I don't know. Over me, under me, all around me. I can hear it, I can feel it. when I wake up it is gone. Lost, nothing remembered.
‘A sense of loss pervades the paintings of Peter Diggs,’ wrote the critic Cecil Berkeley about my last show at the Fanshawe Gallery.
- from Amaryllis Night and Day, tweeted by remotevoices
There's nothing beyond the last visible dog but us.
- from The Mouse and His Child, tweeted by Chris Bell
(Bat bowl from the Victoria & Albert Museum that inspired The Bat Tattoo)
A Dog shall rise and a Rat shall fall.
- from The Mouse and His Child, Facebooked by Alison Baker
I do not like the way you slide,
I do not like your soft inside,
I do not like you lots of ways,
And I could do for many days
Without eggs.
- from Egg Thoughts and Other Frances Songs, Facebook-commented by Becky Morgan
I am actually a believer. I have faith that there's nothing that cares about us one way or the other.
- from The Bat Tattoo, tweeted by Danielle Carr
I searched in my A to Z for anything Balsamic but there was nothing.
- from Amaryllis Night and Day, tweeted by Squirmelia
And finally, here's a lovely post on the happy birdaycake blog from 7 February 2011 in which a mother and daughter make a real "Marzipan Pig" - not exactly a 4qation but just as tasty...
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In 2005 the first international convention for Russell Hoban fans took place in London, and was marked by the publication of a fantastic 48-page booklet featuring exclusive contributions from innumerable fans and associates including novelist David Mitchell and actress Glenda Jackson. A wonderful memento of the event, it's also a beautiful collector's item and must-have for any Hoban fan. Although in limited supply, copies of the booklet are still available at £6.00 each plus p&p. Order direct from
To celebrate 30 years in print of Russell Hoban's most famous novel 



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