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First, a conversation with Marianne:


--I'm a Catholic.  Catholics are on a first-name basis with God.
--(Silence)
--Aren't you curious as to what God's first name is?

--Okay, what is it?

--It's Fred.

--Fred?

--Fred God.  It's short for Alfred.

--I lead a very strange life.

--You're a Prot, so you'd best call Him Alfred.  From a non-Catholic, he'd think you were being impudent.

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Shepherding Wolves

Maxwell Perkins had the unenviable task of shepherding a certifiable genius -- Thomas Wolfe.

Silent, invisible, like a ninja.

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