Biographies were stolidly installed around the room, each of them as heavy as a cinder block.

This had no effect on the stern probity with which she fought for the Equal Rights Amendment

Alcohol, naturally, retained its suzerainty.

Boredom and sordor used to be asked to be seen as interesting and beautiful, and you could do it, with your energy.

Flyting stood at the polar opposite of panegyric, which is to say that it consisted of personal abuse. Freakishly well written, and fantastically hostile

He paced up the three double flights of stairs, giving stertorous voice to his opinion that there was probably a sequel to Stumbling on Melons

Unforgettable, again, was the complicit rictus that Richard now laid at his feet.