“It is still worth a visit, as much for the subterranean cool as for the limpid waters of the lake.”

“His penchant for big questions, his lucid and often limpid prose, and his willingness to pose unconventional and unpopular arguments have combined to make him a must-read.”

“It was a limpid day at the shutting-in of St. Martin's summer, and to Michael, it seemed like the ghost of one of those June Saturdays of eight years ago.”