Surely No One Can Be Sure He

And Who Is Any Of Us, That Without Starvation He Can Go Through The Kingdoms Of Starvation?

A Man's Motive In The Small Actions Of Daily Life, Like Resting A Moment On His Pitchfork In The Sun And Listening Intently, May Be The Most Important Thing About That Man.

The Most Frightening Pages Of History Are Those Which Reveal How Easily Conditions Making A Desert Of The Human Spirit May Come Into Existence, With The Oozings Away Of Incentive And Kindliness In Our Natural Social Structure.

All Poets And Story Tellers Alive Today Make A Single Brotherhood; They Are Engaged In A Single Work, Picturing Our Human Life. Whoever Pictures Life As He Sees It, Reassembles In His Own Way The Details Of Existence Which Affect Him Deeply, And So Creates A Spiritual World Of His Own.

Surely No One Can Be Sure He Has Visited Cienega; People Say To Themselves, Do They Not: 'was It A Vision; Or Have I, Some Time Or Other, Seen Dusk In A Valley Like This?'