“No history much? Perhaps. Only this ominous Dark beauty flowering under veils, Trapped in the spectrum of a dying style: A village like an instinct left to rust, Composed around the echo of a pistol-shot.” LeftDarkCitiesDyingStyleShotsInstinctVillageTrappedEchoesVeilsSpectrumRustFloweringPistolsOminous Book:Collected Poems 1931-74 Source: Collected Poems 1931-74
“A Poet, Naturalist, and Historian, Who left scarcely any style of writing untouched, And touched nothing that he did not adorn.” WritingLeftStylePoetTouchedHistorianNaturalist Author:Samuel Johnson
“Canada is one of the few places left where the small decencies are observed. If, as a young man, I was scornful of the country because we always seemed so far behind style-setting New York, I now thank God for the cultural lag. Ours, after all, is the good neighbourhood. A society well worth preserving.” IfsMenWellsCountryYoungLeftBehindsStyleNew YorkSettingSettingsYoung ManCanadaThank GodDecencyLagNeighbourhoods Author:Mordecai Richler
“On that night I was left with only the truth that nothing of our personality survives after death, that in the end all that was Misha Vainberg would evaporate along with the styles and delusions of his epoch, leaving behind not one flutter of his sad heavy brilliance, not one damp spot around which his successors could congregate to appreciate his life and times.” EndsNightLeftBehindsStylePersonalityAppreciateLeavingHeavySpotsDelusionBrillianceAfter DeathEpochSuccessorsDampLife And Time Book:Absurdistan and Super Sad True Love Story: Two Bestselling Novels Source: Absurdistan and Super Sad True Love Story: Two Bestselling Novels
“The art of invective resembles the art of boxing. Very few fights are won with the straight left. It is too obvious, and it can betoo easily countered. The best punches, like the best pieces of invective in this style, are either short-arm jabs, unexpectedly rapid and deadly; or else one-two blows, where you prepare your opponent with the first hit, and then, as his face comes forward, connect with your other fist: one, two. Both are effective; but they can be administered only by a real artist, with a real wish to knock his enemy out.” FirstsArtTwoRealFacesArtistFightingLeftWishEnemyPiecesStyleArmsBlowObviousOpponentsBoxingFistsRapidsReal Artists Author:Gilbert Highet