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Mr. Berry’s fictional world is flawed, hard and deeply cherishable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

He wanted to read books that he could open at any page and find a sentence – “a totality, an omnitude, unto itself” – that gave him something illuminating and cherishable all on its own.

From The Guardian • Sep. 21, 2018

Beautifying asphalt would seem to be no cinch, but the naked quiddity of the stuff, after a third or fourth look, turns cherishable.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 21, 2016

A telling, cherishable moment occurs in the second act when Amanda, standing on a settee, strikes an airy, fashion-model pose and then topples onto her bum.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2011

What though I suffer? are these wintry years Of growing desolation to be held As cherishable as the suns of spring?

From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Bridges, Robert