From Dogma, a link in yesterday's noon entry:
"Sky is high and so am I,
If you're a viper — a vi-paah."
— The Day of the Locust, by Nathanael West (1939),
New Directions paperback, 1969, page 162
"Mystery surrounds the death of young actor River Phoenix…. The actor… was declared dead at 1:51 a.m. PT Sunday. Phoenix died about 50 minutes after collapsing in front of the Viper Room, a new club on the Sunset Strip…."
— Karen Thomas, USA Today,
Monday, November 1, 1993
On the night of October 30-31, 1993, also known as Devil's Night, there was a full Hunter's Moon and the Pennsylvania Lottery number was 666.
— Steven H. Cullinane, 03/20/01
"Do Catholics believe that when you die your soul goes up in the sky? To heaven, if they go to heaven?"
— Hope of Heaven, by John O'Hara (1938),
Carroll & Graf paperback, 1985, page 162
April 1, 2005: