Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for Europeans to perceive because they are themselves so truly materialistic, so versed in the uses of power.

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The writer is always tricking the reader into listening to their dream.

The writer is always tricking the reader into listening to their dream.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I...

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I...

Was there ever in anyone's life span a point free in time, devoid of memory,...

Was there ever in anyone's life span a point free in time, devoid of memory,...

The fancy that extraterrestrial life is by definition of a higher order than our own...

The fancy that extraterrestrial life is by definition of a higher order than our own...

I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it

I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it

That is one last thing to remember: writers are always selling somebody out.

That is one last thing to remember: writers are always selling somebody out.

The secret point of money and power in America is neither the things that money...

The secret point of money and power in America is neither the things that money...

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves -...

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves -...

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I...

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I...

A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it...

A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it...

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect...

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect...

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect...

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect...

Call me the author.

Call me the author.

Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price.

Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price.

Of course great hotels have always been social ideas, flawless mirrors to the particular societies...

Of course great hotels have always been social ideas, flawless mirrors to the particular societies...

Writers are always selling somebody out.

Writers are always selling somebody out.

Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought?

Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought?

Ask anyone committed to Marxist analysis how many angels on the head of a pin,...

Ask anyone committed to Marxist analysis how many angels on the head of a pin,...