I operate under the assumption that I was gifted a lifetime allotment of words. I ration them for fear of running out before the final hour. (Hemingway is a god. I’m sure he’s still got steamer trunks of words he can use in the afterlife.)

In all seriousness, thank you for ranking me among your worthies. And thank you for the synopses on the others, some of whom I had not yet read. It was enlightening to read how you described them.