Sometimes when you're having a hard time getting through a piece of writing, it's because the writer is so masterful, each word so rich with meaning, each turn

Sometimes when you're having a hard time getting through a piece of writing, it's because the writer is so masterful, each word so rich with meaning, each turn of phrase so unusual and yet so apt, that you have to acknowledge a shining genius far beyond your own. This is not one of those times.