Despair is the central part of the psychopathology. For the handmaiden of gossip is treachery:
Corruptions of Empire: Life Studies and the Reagan EraCrazy things seem normal, normal things seem crazy.
Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous IdeasWhat you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want.
The Complete Neurotic's NotebookA critic can only review the book he has read, not the one which the writer wrote.
The Complete Neurotic's NotebookWer seinem Volk Angst macht, der braucht es [...] nicht zu fürchten.
Der Terrorist als Gesetzgeber. Wie man mit Angst Politik machtThis made her remember why people take up walking: It is because they no longer have anywhere to go.
Downtown OwlEvery Anglophile has his own private England which is, of course, unrecognizable to the English.
England My England: Anglophilia ExplainedI'd rather have a book, but in a pinch I'll settle for a set of Water Pik instructions.
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common ReaderYou're a romantic. What's romantic about a guy wanting to go somewhere and actually getting there?
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common ReaderBut like balloons, they were excessively buoyant, and if you weren't careful, they floated away.
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common ReaderModern Humans have at least dealt out death fairly: We began our existence by killing each other.
The God SpeciesFor a brief review of our history to date shows us in a very singular role:that of serial killers.
The God Species