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I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature.
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I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature.
Man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments.
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
Eventlessness has no posts to drape duration on. From nothing to nothing is no time at all.
Sometimes a killin' man can talk the
murder right out of his mouth an' not do no murder.
If hens had a government and a church and a history behing them they would have a detached and disgusted opinion of human joys. If to a man should happen something fun and nice, immediately a rooster looses his head.
People don't take trips. Trips take people.
The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.
The profession of book-writing makes horse-racing seem like a solid, stable business.