It Takes More Than Brains/ F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Adams was probably a sourbelly,” said Stahr. “He wanted to be head man himself, but he didn’t have the judgment or else the character.” “He had brains,” said Wylie rather tartly. “It takes more than brains. You writers and artists poop out and get all mixed up, and somebody has to come in and straighten […]
Useless Penance/ Abraham Verghese
After his first liaison in Ethiopia (and the only time he’d not used a condom), he had relied on the Allied Army Field Method for “post-exposure prophylaxis,” as it was called in the books: wash with soap and mercury chloride, then squeeze silver proteinate ointment into the urethra and milk it down the length […]
