He aimed «to let a certain tenor rise to the surface... a consciousness of crisis, pervasive sadness, gruesomeness, and even perverseness — that I found missing in the work of my colleagues.» (newcriterion.com)
Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, «Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely on them; therefore this iniquity shall be to you (religion-online.org)