When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because…

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The envied are like bureaucrats; the more impersonal they are, the greater the illusion (for...

The envied are like bureaucrats; the more impersonal they are, the greater the illusion (for...

The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as...

The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as...

One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only...

One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only...

Unlike any other visual image, a photograph is not a rendering, an imitation or an...

Unlike any other visual image, a photograph is not a rendering, an imitation or an...

Never chain your dogs together with sausages. One must accustom one's self to be bored.

Never chain your dogs together with sausages. One must accustom one's self to be bored.

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.

That we find a crystal or a poppy beautiful means that we are less alone,...

That we find a crystal or a poppy beautiful means that we are less alone,...

Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential...

Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential...

The human imagination... has great difficulty in living strictly within the confines of a materialist...

The human imagination... has great difficulty in living strictly within the confines of a materialist...

Publicity is the life of this culture - in so far as without publicity capitalism...

Publicity is the life of this culture - in so far as without publicity capitalism...

Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. The nude is condemned to never being...

Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. The nude is condemned to never being...

A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork....

A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork....

Every city has a sex and an age which have nothing to do with demography....

Every city has a sex and an age which have nothing to do with demography....

What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and...

What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and...

The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and...

The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and...

Modern thought has transferred the spectral character of Death to the notion of time itself....

Modern thought has transferred the spectral character of Death to the notion of time itself....

Publicity is the life of this culture - in so far as without publicity capitalism...

Publicity is the life of this culture - in so far as without publicity capitalism...

Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form.

Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form.

Glamour cannot exist without personal social envy being a common and widespread emotion.

Glamour cannot exist without personal social envy being a common and widespread emotion.

Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the...

Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the...