Sublime

John Updike’s The Centaur,

clairvoyance.

in the old age of our society, in a mood dangerously morbid, in a spirit only too ready to take the exception instead of the rule. If we find creatures that are half human, we may only too possibly make them an excuse for being half-human ourselves.

Les Stobbe, Max Lucado, Charlie Wetzel, Les Parrott, Bob Buford,

"Would you have a Ben Hur, 1860, Third Edition, the one with the duplicated line on page 116?"

Terry's smile

(If you want to study the master of the well-constructed chapter—and plot and flat-out gorgeous writing—read Raymond Chandler. The Long Goodbye is my favorite.)

chiaroscuro).