Genius Is An Infinite Capacity

Genius Is An Infinite Capacity For Pain.

Gene Wolfe Has Produced A Work Of Art That Can Satisfy Adult Appetites And In Which Even The Most Fantastical Elements Register As Poetry Rather Than As Penny-whistle Whimsy.

It Considered Trying To Explain Their Error To Them, But What Would Be The Use? They Would Only Go Away With Hurt Feelings. You Can't Always Expect People, Or Squirrels, To Be Rational.

Creativeness Is Finding Patterns Where None Exist.

So, Without Saying Anything To The Others, It Made Its Way To The Farthest Corner Of The Meadow And Began To Toast An Imaginary Muffin. That Was Always The Best Way To Unwind When Things Got To Be Too Much For It.