Cynic' Is The Sentimentalist's Name For The

Whether Deliberately, Unconsciously Or Accidentally, She Seems To Have Composed Her Own Life So That Its Fitful, Rudderless, And Self-doubting First Half Was Alchemized Into Gold When The Austere Bluestocking Became The Fallen Woman.

That Is The Point Of Quotations. One Can Use Another's Words To Be Insulting.

Normal Is Absolutely My Least Favorite Word.

A Literary Academic Can No More Pass A Bookstore Than An Alcoholic Can Pass A Bar.

The Term 'androgyny' ... Defines A Condition Under Which The Characteristics Of The Sexes, And The Human Impulses Expressed By Men And Women, Are Not Rigidly Assigned. Androgyny Seeks To Liberate The Individual From The Confines Of The Appropriate.