aphoristic

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Kate Riley follows Ruth from childhood to middle age, writing with kindness, hilarity and aphoristic brilliance about this eccentric woman, a lost lamb who never actually leaves the safety of the flock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

That’s nothing new: For decades, Davis has specialized in aphoristic stories that thrive on wordplay, rhythm and irony while avoiding easy sarcasm or dad jokes.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2023

Then she’d give me some sage, aphoristic advice.

From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2021

His fans can exit the theater after one of his plays with a heady feeling of freedom, stoic and ready for life, ignited by his aphoristic wit and two hours’ traffic with the Big Questions.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2021

Howe's Monthly—and began to pour forth the stream of aphoristic honesty which makes him easily first among the rural sages.

From Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920) by Doren, Carl Van