Aphoristic sayings

he describes himself as intoxicated with his own sense of bon viveur and joie de vivre, a raffish raconteur distilling an apt mot juste from the fragrant profferings of a chilly late winter fireside meditation


he describes himself as a lover of theory who gorged himself on cliches and tropes and satire as a youth [and still even] - thus bringing ruination inanition and consternation down upon his sensitive soul. Carnsarnate!