Sublime

evidence of a steely determination to indulge the passenger in ways that go far beyond any halfway-sane passenger’s own expectations.

I had no small amount of trouble

while its virtues and liabilities are assessed.

vituperation

The writer was fearless. The writer was such a lover of truth that he would expose himself to any amount of pain in order to add to his store of truth. He was superior to Unk and Stony. He watched and recorded their subversive activities with love, amusement, and detachment.

Maxine Tarnow,

dour

the torture engine called the rack.

Robert Stone