“Is there anything quite so ludicrous as two intellectuals grappling in a philosophy-department parking lot? Each of us wanted to pummel the other to a pulp, but neither knew how to go about it.”

— James K. Morrow

Source: The Philosopher's Apprentice (2008), Chapter 9 (p. 215)

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