“Bur Armenians have a talent for sorrow.”
“To Armenians, half Armenians, quarter Armenians, and one-eight Armenians. Sixteen and thirty-second Armenians, and other winners, are likelier to be happy with a useful book”
“Both were Armenian, the dove and the cross.”
“What a lonely and silly thing it is to be an Armenian writer in America.”
“I'd assumed he'd be old and burly with a side order of crotchety.”
“Having a little talent as a writer is like having a little talent as a brain surgeon.”