RC: I think it was Calvin Trilling who said that a book's shelf life is between milk and yogurt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Catherine McKenzie: Ron Charles Talks Totally Hip Book Reviews and More] Reference

Now that Lionel Trilling is getting rehabilitated, maybe it's time to take another look at Diana.    From Wordnik.com.  ["The uncomplaining homosexuals"; or, The difference between J.R. Ackerley and Philip Roth] Reference

"He's not a new one, Trilling," Chandris spoke up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]

Just like she and Trilling had been at the beginning.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]

Kosta walked behind her, with Trilling close behind him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]

Would Trilling have asked her to do something like this?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]

Reluctantly, Kosta thought, Trilling let go of his throat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]

Right now, somewhere out there, Trilling was looking for her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]

And then, with a sort of gurgling moan, Trilling lunged at him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]

And if Trilling Vail was watching from hiding, like she was.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]

Trilling looked like the kind who would be at home with either one.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]

Trilling barked, snapping Kosta's attention back to the discussion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]

Slowly, reluctantly, Trilling slowed down, trotting to a bitter halt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]

And suddenly Trilling jerked in place as if he'd stepped on a jellyfish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]

"And then, like a complete fool, I went and told Trilling I was leaving.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]

"Don't say that to me again," Trilling warned, his voice as cold as dry ice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]

"Quiet," Trilling said, dismissing him with a flick of a contemptuous glance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]

"We know that, Trilling," Chandris soothed, her voice starting to tremble, too.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]

Lifting his knife, his eyes glowing with expectation, Trilling started forward.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]

Trilling saw not only the demise of that life but the loss of standards everywhere.    From Wordnik.com.  [The End Of The Journey] Reference

Her eyes flicked once to him as she stepped behind Trilling and headed for the door.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]

Trilling picked up his bag again and stepped to the door, feeling a twinge of regret.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]

To score a track right here and now so that she and Trilling could run away together.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]

"Very funny," Trilling said, giving Kosta a shove that sent him stumbling into Chandris.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]

"I'm asking how much it would take, Trilling, for you to just turn around and walk away.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]

Trilling, 88, dictated her book because of poor eyesight; editors missed some repetitions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biographies Abounding] Reference

"Sure can," Trilling Vail said genially, smiling an insane smile as he walked toward them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]

She forced her mind off depressing thoughts like Trilling and back to the problem at hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]

Trilling looked at Kosta as if noticing him for the first time and not liking what he saw.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]

Certainly longer than she and Trilling had ever stayed anywhere while they'd been together.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]

Seems the Trilling I checked out is not in their computer, which states that I owe it money.    From Wordnik.com.  [Titus, I] Reference

Trilling pressed his fingers harder against the glass, hungrily drinking in the sight of her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]

They would leave, all right, but not until Trilling had taken care of all witnesses to the theft.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]

"Chandris can lead the way," Trilling said, pulling his hand out of his pocket for the first time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]