The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader…

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I see America spreading disaster. I see America as a black curse upon the world....

I see America spreading disaster. I see America as a black curse upon the world....

We do not talk - we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from...

We do not talk - we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from...

Obscenity is a cleansing process, whereas pornography only adds to the murk.

Obscenity is a cleansing process, whereas pornography only adds to the murk.

The only peace, the only security, is in fulfillment.

The only peace, the only security, is in fulfillment.

Los Angeles gives one the feeling of the future more strongly than any city I...

Los Angeles gives one the feeling of the future more strongly than any city I...

Life is constantly providing us with new funds, new resources, even when we are reduced...

Life is constantly providing us with new funds, new resources, even when we are reduced...

The world dies over and over again, but the skeleton always gets up and walks.

The world dies over and over again, but the skeleton always gets up and walks.

What is not in the open street is false, derived, that is to say, literature.

What is not in the open street is false, derived, that is to say, literature.

Americans can eat garbage, provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup, mustard, chili sauce, Tabasco...

Americans can eat garbage, provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup, mustard, chili sauce, Tabasco...

The man who is forever disturbed about the condition of humanity either has no problems...

The man who is forever disturbed about the condition of humanity either has no problems...

In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest...

In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest...

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.

The world dies over and over again, but the skeleton always gets up and walks.

The world dies over and over again, but the skeleton always gets up and walks.

We live at the edge of the miraculous.

We live at the edge of the miraculous.

Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music -...

Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music -...

No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our...

No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our...

The City of New York is like an enormous citadel, a modern Carcassonne. Walking between...

The City of New York is like an enormous citadel, a modern Carcassonne. Walking between...

The legal system is often a mystery, and we, its priests, preside over rituals baffling...

The legal system is often a mystery, and we, its priests, preside over rituals baffling...

When you know what men are capable of you marvel neither at their sublimity nor...

When you know what men are capable of you marvel neither at their sublimity nor...

Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race.

Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race.