Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus…

E. B. White
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Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim. ✨ E. B. White (2011). In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers, p.159, Cornell University Press
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Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim. ✨ E. B. White (2011). In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers, p.159, Cornell University Press

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