Andy Hoberek

@thathoberekguy.bsky.social

Leo Tolstoy, 1869: My book cannot be considered a novel, because it includes a long discussion of Napoleon’s defeat.

Victor Hugo, 1862: I have sandwiched an 18-chapter digression on Napoleon’s defeat into the 2nd most melodramatic and sentimental novel of the 19th century, nbd.

@gildingthelele.bsky.social

I had to stop reading a book to look up the food that had just been mentioned, and bless every author who sets me up for a Redwall-style digression like that

It feels like when a comic has little jokes or extraneous details going on in the background. So generous

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GORDON: My mother's reply was typical, in both its brevity and its digression to a preferred topic. 'You know who belongs in a jar like that?' she said to me. 'Little boys who talk too much.'