Word of the Day
Like most other writers of his generation, he was a profoundly apolitical being, not from any lacuna in his education but as a matter of principle. -- Walter Laqueur, "The Artist in Politics", New York Times, May 15, 1983
Half-truths can be more pernicious than outright falsehoods. -- Wendy Lesser, "Who's Afraid of Arnold Bennett?", New York Times, September 28, 1997