The harp is an insipid instrument--no good for dancing, feasting, or marching, only for sitting primly in a parlor or on a cloud.

An academic dialect is perfected when its terms are hard to understand and refer only to one another.

Transcendence is something between a metaphor and a miracle.

The world needs an enema.

To understand a literary style, consider what it omits.

Advice is more agreeable in the mouth than in the ear.

My ambition in life: to become successful enough to resume my career as a neurasthenic.