garykoelling

"Language seems to me intrinsically comic — noises of the tongue, lips, larynx, and palate rendered in ink on paper with the deepest and airiest thoughts in mind and the harshest and tenderest feelings at heart."

"Homo sapiens [are] a tiny twig on an improbable branch of a contingent limb on a fortunate tree."

"The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion."

"The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money."

"A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us."