Nature Can Seem Cruel, But She Balances

In A Sense Much Great Literature Is Subversive, Since Its Very Existence Implies That What Matters Is Art, Imagination, And Truth. In What We Call The Real World, On The Other Hand, What Usually Counts Is Money, Power, And Public Success.

You Get Into The Habit Of Being Angry And Hurt By Life, And Then When Something Good Happens You Can't Accept It Because It Doesn't Fit The Pattern.

If Nothing Will Finally Survive Of Life Besides What Artists Report Of It, We Have No Right To Report What We Know To Be Lies.

Many Americans Think Of The Rest Of The World As A Kind Of Disneyland, A Showplace For Quaint Fauna, Flora And Artifacts. They Dress For Travel In Cheap, Comfortable, Childish Clothes, As If They Were Going To The Zoo And Would Not Be Seen By Anyone Except The Animals.

As One Went To Europe To See The Living Past, So One Must Visit Southern California To Observe The Future.