

“It is the summit of idleness to deplore the present, to deplore actuality. Say whatever else you like about it, the present is unavoidable.”
― The War Against Cliche: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000
― The War Against Cliche: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000

“The coffee is fresh-ground Starbucks, preferably a Guatemala or Arabian Mocha Java, made with distilled water, to which he adds raw sugar and half-and-half.”
― Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
― Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief

“recondite”
― The War Against Cliche: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000
― The War Against Cliche: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000

“a single faux pas might prove to be a false step.”
― Frenzied Fiction
― Frenzied Fiction

“Modesty such as yours—but not for the world would I pain it by open praise.”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey

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