“Let us have a language worthy of our world, a democratic style where rich and well-born nouns can roister with some sluttish verb yet find themselves content and uncomplained of. We want a diction which contains the quaint, the rare,… — William Gass Copy Share Image
“Alas, the penis is such a ridiculous petitioner. It is so unreliable, though everything depends on it—the world is balanced on it like a… — William Gass Copy Share Image
“Be happy because no one is seeing what you do, no one is listening to you, no one really cares what may be achieved,… — william gass Copy Share Image
“Let us have a language worthy of our world, a democratic style where rich and well-born nouns can roister with some sluttish verb yet… — William Gass Copy Share Image