He bats like a lightning rod.

Syzygy, inexorable, pancreatic, phantasmagoria - anyone who can use those four words in one sentence will never have to do manual labor.

Hardly anybody recognizes the most significant moments of their life at the time they happen.

Growing up is a ritual, more deadly than religion, more complicated than baseball, for there seem to be no rules. Everything is experienced for the first time.

The Great Gatsby, the finest novel ever written.

Have never been a minor league fan.

Discovered W. Somerset Maugham in about 5th grade. Didn't understand the plots, but loved the descriptions.