By calling him humourless I mean to impugn his seriousness, categorically: such a man must rig up his probity ex nihilo. (Martin Amis)

By calling him humourless I mean to impugn his seriousness, categorically: such a man must rig up his probity ex nihilo.

Martin Amis

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