“ It's true, you can never eat a pet you name. And anyway, it would be like a ventriloquist eating his dummy. Alexander Theroux
“ Blue-shirt ( in Inuktitat, the Inuit language), or Mykla Jokull, now known as Gunnbjorn's Peak (12,500 feet)--the great metaphorical centerpiece in William T. Vollmann's saga-like novel --is the great… Alexander Theroux
“ Will I have to use a dictionary to read your book?" asked Mrs. Dodypol. "It depends," says I, "how much you used the dictionary before you read it. Alexander Theroux
“ Ordinary persons, he said, smiling, found no differences between men. The artist found them all. Alexander Theroux
“ Faculty Meetings are held whenever the need to show off is combinedwith the imperative of accomplishing nothing. Alexander Theroux