Strict rules of evidence would destroy psychoanalysis and literary criticism.

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

Pity drowns in numbers.

Undecidability is a useful category even in dealing with restaurant menus.

Glamour looks eloquent but seldom talks.

Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word.

The cow's point of view deserves more literary attention.