Good writing isn’t a science. It’s an art, and the horizon is infinite. You can always get better.

...logical validity is not a guarantee of truth.

Footnote: 79) The anchor is gigantic and must weigh a hundred tons, and -- delightfully -- it really is anchor-shaped, i.e. the same shape as anchors in tattoos.

It's like a fugue of evaded responsibility.

Our attachments are our temple, what we worship, no? What we give ourselves to, what we invest with faith. . . . Attachments are of great seriousness. Choose your attachments carefully. Choose your temple of fanaticism with great care.

....basically the sort of guy who looks entirely at home in sockless white loafers and a mint-green knit shirt from Lacoste.

My bones are ringing the way sometimes people say their ears are ringing, I'm so tired.