Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.

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Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he...

Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he...

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are...

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are...

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate...

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate...

There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues,...

There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues,...

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon...

It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon...

Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts.

Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts.

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the...

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the...

International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge.

International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge.

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of...

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of...

People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat...

People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat...

Mr. James Joyce is a great man who is entirely without taste.

Mr. James Joyce is a great man who is entirely without taste.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But...

Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But...

There is in every one of us an unending see-saw between the will to live...

There is in every one of us an unending see-saw between the will to live...

Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war...

Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war...

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the...

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the...

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of...

It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of...