His presence, after all, disturbs our arrogant pretensions and suitheistic fantasies.

no variableness, neither shadow of turning

Whether you choose a modest family restaurant, the little café around the corner, the new BYOB everybody's talking about, or even the local pizza palace, […]

Rather, from Bridgman’s account of her early career Stein emerges as an elephantess in the china shop of literature: “Expending prodigious amounts of energy, Stein thrashed erratically toward innovation.”