A day without an argument is like an egg without salt.

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In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order...

In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order...

I was sitting in the looping studio late one night, and I had this epiphany...

I was sitting in the looping studio late one night, and I had this epiphany...

Nostalgia, the vice of the aged. We watch so many old movies our memories come...

Nostalgia, the vice of the aged. We watch so many old movies our memories come...

Aeneas carried his aged father on his back from the ruins of Troy and so...

Aeneas carried his aged father on his back from the ruins of Troy and so...

Nothing is a matter of life and death except life and death.

Nothing is a matter of life and death except life and death.

Pornographers are the enemies of women only because our contemporary ideology of pornography does not...

Pornographers are the enemies of women only because our contemporary ideology of pornography does not...

I think the adjective ''post-modernist'' really means ''mannerist.'' Books about books is fun but frivolous.

I think the adjective ''post-modernist'' really means ''mannerist.'' Books about books is fun but frivolous.

It is far easier for a woman to lead a blameless life than it is...

It is far easier for a woman to lead a blameless life than it is...

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same...

The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same...

Hollywood... was the place where the United States perpetrated itself as a universal dream and...

Hollywood... was the place where the United States perpetrated itself as a universal dream and...

This dance was the dance of death. [The clowns] danced it for the wretched of...

This dance was the dance of death. [The clowns] danced it for the wretched of...

Soon, nostalgia will be another name for Europe.

Soon, nostalgia will be another name for Europe.

I haven't changed much, over the years. I use less adjectives, now, and have a...

I haven't changed much, over the years. I use less adjectives, now, and have a...

Pornography is a satire on human pretensions.

Pornography is a satire on human pretensions.

They danced the dance of the outcasts for the outcasts who watched them, amid the...

They danced the dance of the outcasts for the outcasts who watched them, amid the...

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything...

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything...

My mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second...

My mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second...

What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many?

What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many?

You must realize that I was suffering from love and I knew him as intimately...

You must realize that I was suffering from love and I knew him as intimately...