Those who refuse to play second fiddle may wind up playing no fiddle at all.

No use saying necessity is making a mistake.

I am never more myself than in my self-betrayals.

Elegance thrives on exclusion.

Not even self-love can always be counted on for support.

Deconstruction glorifies the critic, humiliates the author, and makes the reader wonder why he bothered.

Paradise endangered: garden snakes and mice are appearing in the shadowy corners of Dutch Old Master paintings.