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

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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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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

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

Writers are always selling somebody out.

Writers are always selling somebody out.

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self

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.

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 -...

Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for...

Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for...

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.

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?

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

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

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...

You have to pick the places you don't walk away from.

You have to pick the places you don't walk away from.

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...

Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its...

Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its...

A philosopher once said, 'Half of good philosophy is good grammar.'

A philosopher once said, 'Half of good philosophy is good grammar.'

Grammar is not a time of waste

Grammar is not a time of waste