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> [“Oh, just a minute, Mrs. Carr. What department at Bonney’s does your husband work in?” “The Roman candle department.” It made me forget, for the moment, what I’d been leading up to. I said, “The Roman candle department! That’s a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredric-brown/oh-just-a-minute-mrs-carr-what-department-at-bonney-s-does-your/)

[Fredric Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredric-brown/)

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## More by Fredric Brown

> [Don't ever sell mankind short by saying there's anything they can't do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredric-brown/don-t-ever-sell-mankind-short-by-saying-there-s-anything-they-can-t-do/)

[Fredric Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredric-brown/)

> [There is a sweet little horror story that is only two sentences long: The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredric-brown/there-is-a-sweet-little-horror-story-that-is-only-two-sentences-long/)

[Fredric Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredric-brown/)

> [“Oh, just a minute, Mrs. Carr. What department at Bonney’s does your husband work in?” “The Roman candle department.” It made me forget, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredric-brown/oh-just-a-minute-mrs-carr-what-department-at-bonney-s-does-your/)

[Fredric Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredric-brown/)

> [“The funeral was beautiful. I didn't mind it, really. It wasn't exactly Pop's funeral, to me. When I'd been alone with him, there in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredric-brown/the-funeral-was-beautiful-i-didn-t-mind-it-really-it-wasn-t-exactly/)

[Fredric Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredric-brown/)

> [“There is a sweet little horror story that is only two sentences long: 'The last man on Earth sat along in a room. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredric-brown/there-is-a-sweet-little-horror-story-that-is-only-two-sentences-long-2/)

[Fredric Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredric-brown/)

> [Don't ever sell mankind short by saying there's anything he can't do, ever, or anything that he isn't going to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredric-brown/don-t-ever-sell-mankind-short-by-saying-there-s-anything-he-can-t-do/)

[Fredric Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredric-brown/)

> [“THERE IS A LOVELY LITTLE horror story about the peasant who started through the haunted wood—the wood that was, people said, inhabited by devils…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredric-brown/there-is-a-lovely-little-horror-story-about-the-peasant-who-started/)

[Fredric Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredric-brown/)

> [No one can tell time except approximately, time never stands still to be named.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredric-brown/no-one-can-tell-time-except-approximately-time-never-stands-still-to/)

[Fredric Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredric-brown/)

> [There are no rules. You can write a story, if you wish, with no conflict, no suspense, no beginning, middle or end. Of course,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredric-brown/there-are-no-rules-you-can-write-a-story-if-you-wish-with-no-conflict/)

[Fredric Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredric-brown/)

> [“A high-pitched chuckle sounded only an inch or two from Dr. Snyder’s right ear. He jumped a few inches, but very carefully didn’t turn,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredric-brown/a-high-pitched-chuckle-sounded-only-an-inch-or-two-from-dr-snyder-s/)

[Fredric Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredric-brown/)

> [“True. And there are an infinite number of universes, of course, in which we don't exist at all - that is, no creatures similar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredric-brown/true-and-there-are-an-infinite-number-of-universes-of-course-in-which/)

[Fredric Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredric-brown/)

> [When you look out of a window, when you look at anything, you know what you're seeing? Yourself. A thing can only look beautiful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredric-brown/when-you-look-out-of-a-window-when-you-look-at-anything-you-know-what/)

[Fredric Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredric-brown/)

> [“It should not matter, but it does. I want to know how many hours of the night are gone and how many remain and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredric-brown/it-should-not-matter-but-it-does-i-want-to-know-how-many-hours-of-the/)

[Fredric Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredric-brown/)

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