Judging a piece of fiction by the quality of its writing without considering
its subject matter is like buying a car because it has a pretty paint job,
without considering the state of its engine and transmission.
-- Kelvin Throop III
Related:
MONAD, n. The ultimate, indivisible unit of matter. (See
_Molecule_.) According to Leibnitz, as nearly as he seems willing to
be understood, the monad has body without bulk, and mind without
manifestation -- Leibnitz knows him by the innate power of
considering....