I Didn't Cry Much After I Was

Suppose Within Each Book There Is Another Book, And Within Every Letter On Every Page Another Volume Constantly Unfolding; But These Volumes Take No Space On The Desk. Suppose Knowledge Could Be Reduced To A Quintessence, Held Within A Picture, A Sign, Held Within A Place Which Is No Place. Suppose The Human Skull Were To Become Capacious, Spaces Opening Inside It, Humming Chambers Like Beehives.

Much Historical Fiction That Centers On Real People Has Always Been Deficient In Information, Lacking In Craft And Empty In Affect.

I Loved Gore Vidal's Burr. That Book Gave Me Courage.

There Is So Much Else In The World That Is More Interesting [ Than Monarchy].

It Is Almost A Joke, But A Joke That Nobody Tells.