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"The highest as the lowest form of criticism is a mode of autobiography. Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming." —Oscar Wilde

OK, then, Victor Garber and Uta Hagen was hilarious. That works.

Also, if we wish to quote Mary McCarthy specifically, I believe she phrased it "Who would have thunk it?" Though I can find a c. 1906 example styled "Who'd 'a' thunk it!" And from 1919: "Who'd ever 'a thunk it?" And one from 1928 or so that's "Who'd of thunk it!"

It wouldn't contribute anything, so nah.

Those are good instincts; treasure them.

(Sure, I do.)

Andi, I'm so sorry to learn this. I wish you good energy and excellent next adventures.

1. This New York Post cover: “Thousands of 9/11 families demand Mamdani be banned from 25th-Anniversary” is a brazen lie. How do I know? I interviewed the organizer of the petition.

ILD

Probably the sex crimes. That's my guess

Clearly the Times's photo editor despises him.

look at the guy behind Trump (who is asleep). it smells crazy back there

It's also "one banana" in the original quote, but that felt a little too dissonant. (Always editing here.)

"It's a banana, Michael. What could it cost, seven dollars?"

maybe you see this and think "wow hannity is pathetic" or "trump is so small he demands obsequiousness even at someone else's funeral" I see this and think it is just an absolute delight that even at his own funeral nobody gives a shit about Lindsey Graham

I think this is what we call hothouse prose.

To be fair to the publisher, you kind of gifted them with that. You did say both parts, whether or not you’d qualified them. And it’s hardly rare (or deceptive, I’d say) to pick out isolated good phrases from a lengthy review to quote on a cover.

Yes, and yes.

I didn't know that!

(Actually, that first bit isn't 100% true. My last few years, once newspapers etc. had mostly fired their copy editors, I'd occasionally sign off on silently repairing some ungrammatical stumble.) (To say nothing of blog reviews.)