adjective

book

bottle

cheese

Clare Boothe Luce

classic

conformity

German

Gertrude Stein

good memory

handshake

highway

insomnia

life

literary criticism

science fiction

sense of humor

travel

William Faulkner

nationality

American

occupation / innovator as

radio personality

television presenter

journalist

literary critic

cause of death

natural causes

is the banana peel of the parts of speech.

is not to be devoured only like a hot and fresh roll. A good book retains its interior heat and will warm a generation yet unborn.

Books are not rolls, to be devoured only when they are hot and fresh. A good book retains its interior heat and will warm a generation yet unborn. (Clifton Fadiman)

A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover. The social emotions it generates are equidistant from the philatelist's solitary gloating and the football fan's gregarious hysteria.

is No woman of her time has gone further with less mental equipment.

No woman of her time has gone further with less mental equipment.

is a book which, upon re-reading, you do not see more in it than you did before... you see more in you than was there before.

When you reread a classic you do not see more in the book than you did before... you see more in you than was there before. - Clifton Fadiman

is ubiquitous. For most men, life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed.

For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed.

's mind has a talent for making no mistakes but the very greatest.

The German mind has a talent for making no mistakes but the very greatest.

is a past master in making nothing happen very slowly.

is a suspicious thing. Experience teaches that the man who looks one straight in the eye, particularly if he adds a firm handshake, is hiding something.

Experience teaches you that the man who looks you straight in the eye, particularly if he adds a firm handshake, is hiding something.

 nourishes itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking.

Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking.

is, for most men, a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed.

is an art, like the writing of tragedies or the making of love, and similarly does not pay.

Literary criticism is an art, like the writing of tragedies or the making of love, and similarly does not pay

is the ability to understand a joke - and that the joke is oneself.

A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke - and that the joke is oneself.

is about leaving your comfort zone --- a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.

When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.

is our greatest literary sadist because it is not merely his characters who have to run the gauntlet but also his readers.

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