Veneration of Mark Twain is one of the roots of our current intellectual stalemate.

Had that poor Reilly kook really been proud of Levy Pants? He had always said that he was. That was one good sign of his insanity.

you can always tell employees of the government by the total vacancy which occupies the space where most other people have faces.

A firm rule must be imposed upon our nation before it destroys itself. The United States needs some theology and geometry, some taste and decency. I suspect that we are teetering on the edge of the abyss.

Apparently I lack some particular perversion which today's employer is seeking.

I refuse to "look up." Optimism nauseates me. It is perverse. Since man's fall, his proper position in the universe has been one of misery.

The day before me is fraught with God knows what horrors.