It's One Of Our Favorite American Myths

Our American Professors Like Their Literature Clear And Cold And Pure And Very Dead.

If There Is Anything Worse Than The Aching Tedium Of Staring Out Of Car Windows, It Is The Irritation Of Getting Tickets, Packing, Finding Trains, Lying In Bouncing Berths, Washing Without Water, Digging Out Passports, And Fighting Through Customs. To Live In Carlsbad Is Seemly And To Loaf At San Remo Healing To The Soul, But To Get From Carlsbad To San Remo Is Of The Devil.

Vast Is The Power Of Cities To Reclaim The Wanderer.

You," Said Dr. Yavitch, "are A Middle-road Liberal, And You Haven't The Slightest Idea What You Want. I, Being A Revolutionist, Know Exactly What I Want -- And What I Want Now Is A Drink.

There Are So Many People In The World Who Are Eager To Do For You Things That You Do Not Wish Done, Provided Only That You Will Do For Them Things That You Don't Wish To Do.