“She doesn't remember the twentieth century. Isn't that terrifying?”
“The chief business of twentieth-century philosopy is to reckon with twentieth-century history.”
“The imprint of Miss Hepburn is absolutely, totally present. Like it or not, she will be the most important look of the twentieth century.”
“Bureaucracy will be the deity of the twentieth century.”
“Many cases of twentieth-century American map geekdom, it seems, began the same way that many twentieth-century Americans began: conceived in the backseats of Buicks”
“The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.”