Glenway Wescott Quotes

For Alwyn's Grandfather, Who Was Known As "the Greatest Talker In The Country," Used Words Which No One Else Understood, Words Which He Did Not Understand, And Words Which Do Not Exist, To Swell A Passionate Theme, To Confound His Neighbors In An Argument, And For Their Own Sake. He Would Say, For Example, "My Farm Was The Very Apocalypse Of Fertility, But The Renter Has Rested On His Oars Till It Is Good For Nothing," Or "Manifest The Bounty To Pass The Salt Shaker In My Direction." Something Of The Bible, Something Of An Irish Inheritance, Something Of A Liar's Anxiety, Made Of His Most Ordinary Remark A Strange And Wearisome Oratory.

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