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An opinion should be treated like a guest who is likely to stay too late and drink all the whiskey.

William H. Gass

Most of these metaphors are bad and have to be thrown away. I have to beat the comparisons back into the holes they pour from.

William H. Gass

William H. Gass

William H. Gass

Born: July 30, 1924

Died: December 6, 2017 (aged 93)

Bio: William Howard Gass was an American novelist, short-story writer, essayist, critic, and former philosophy professor.

Known for:

The Tunnel (1995)
On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry (1975)
Omensetter's Luck (1966)
Middle C (2013)

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