To understand a literary style, consider what it omits.
King Kong, Count Dracula, and the Phantom of the Opera are just looking for love, like the rest of us.
More are weakened than strengthened by their troubles.
The soul is no longer honored as it once was, but it still keeps appetite from being the measure of all things.
Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals?
A yawn is more disconcerting than a contradiction.