And yet, her book is an artistic masterpiece compared to The Situation's, which I was unfortunate enough to browse through yesterday.
The passage you quote isn't terrible; it's just plain. Plain is not always a bad thing. The Didion bit is frankly overwrought and hysterical; I can also think of any number of ways in which it can be untrue.
So that's why George Bush crashed the economy and screwed the middle class and poor, murdered a million people, and displaced nearly ten million more. I'm sure all those people had love, and that's all that matters!
The passage you quote isn't terrible; it's just plain. Plain is not always a bad thing. The Didion bit is frankly overwrought and hysterical; I can also think of any number of ways in which it can be untrue.