...for Me There Is Too Little Of

... Living Out Of Sight Of Any Shore Does Rich And Powerfully Strange Things To Humans.

. . . Word-sniffing . . . Is An Addiction, Like Glue -- Or Snow -- Sniffing In A Somewhat Less Destructive Way, Physically If Not Economically. . . . As An Addict, I Am Almost Guiltily Interested In Converts To My Own Illness . . .

Dictionaries Are Always Fun, But Not Always Reassuring.

This Is Not That, And That Is Certainly Not This, And At The Same Time An Oyster Stew Is Not Stewed, And Although They Are Made Of The Same Things And Even Cooked Almost The Same Way, An Oyster Soup Should Never Be Called A Stew, Nor Stew Soup.

One ... Aspect Of The Case For World War Ii Is That While It Was Still A Shooting Affair It Taught Us Survivors A Great Deal About Daily Living Which Is Valuable To Us Now That It Is, Ethically At Least, A Question Of Cold Weapons And Hot Words.