“It takes a rare gift to write in the aphoristic form, which must be witty and modest at once, and must state in a fresh, arresting way observations which the reader will recognize at once as true. It goes without saying that the aphorist must work out of an unusual perceptiveness and self-knowledge, and I am grateful to James Guida for this book, which I have read from start to finish and shall read again.” — Richard Wilbur

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"The pleasure of Guida’s aphorisms is the way they illuminate the ridiculous, childlike, or reckless nature of our actions while simultaneously convincing us that we wouldn’t know nearly as much about ourselves and others without our errors." — Jessica Ferri, The Second Pass

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"Like Oscar Wilde, Guida cultivates wryness and avoids the latent weight of this ponderous, judgmental genre. Advice, beauty, eroticism, gossip, justice, kindness, pride, and rigor are addressed with the right dash of leavening. Thoroughly modern, skateboards, texting and celebrities are mulled upon as well . . . Inventive and imaginative, erudite and atmospheric, Guida seizes us with his perceptive musings." — Tim M. Berra, The Brooklyn Rail

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