Youth is a terrible thing not to waste.
Nov 222022
Nov 212022
Necessity is contingency in retrospect.
Nov 182022
Certain villains achieve martyrdom by the peculiar luck of being murdered by men still more villainous.
Nov 172022
Anyone who writes enough can be rendered an idiot, or a genius, by the simple expedient of direct quotation.
Nov 162022
We are pleased when the serious man clowns, dismayed when the clown turns serious.
Nov 152022
To lie, cheat, and steal may be optimally adaptive, provided one maintains a reputation for never lying, cheating, or stealing.
Nov 142022
Ability without ambition is tragedy: ambition without ability is farce.
Nov 112022
A primary source, in translation, is a secondary source.
Nov 102022
Children’s literature posits a compact between author and reader: though the reader may look like a frog to all the uncaring world, the author knows he is a handsome prince, and it can be their little secret. Harry Potter is children’s literature. So is Confederacy of Dunces.
Nov 092022
Facts do not assemble into truths.