It seems to me the book has not just aesthetic values - the charming little clothy box of the thing, the smell of the glue, even the print, which has its own beauty. But there's something about the sensation of ink on paper that is in some sense a thing, a phenomenon rather than an epiphenomenon. I can't break the association of electric trash with the computer screen. Words on the screen give the sense of being just another passing electronic wriggle.

Women are an alien race set down among us.

The Florida sun seems not much a single thing overhead but a set of klieg lights that pursue you everywhere with an even white illumination.

Accent the ugly until it becomes gorgeous.

What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce. Mark Twain Women are an alien race set down among us.

Appealingness is inversely proportional to attainability.

Russia is the only country of the world you can be homesick for while you're still in it.