Jargon is part ceremonial robe, part false beard.

'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'

Let's have some good, old-fashioned literature, with a virgin and a moral.

Language is the friendliest of the things from which we cannot escape.

When understanding would be too difficult, I become trusting.

My nostalgia is for the impossible.

Constant talkers are unheard.