Words, the acid-bath of words.

“It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel. If you were re…”

“It is hard to fight with one's heart's desires; whatever it wishes to get, it p…”

“How grudging memory is, and how bitterly she clutches the raw material of her d…”

“The steward, according to custom, had stopped all the clocks. This, in the lang…”