He left a scholar; he arrived an immigrant.
“half-respected conventions spread insecurity and incoherence of behavior rather than freedom and frankness.”
― Mr. Palomar
― Mr. Palomar
“One can never be sure of saving one’s soul by writing. One may go on writing with a soul already lost.”
― The Nonexistent Knight
― The Nonexistent Knight
“and I am awaiting perpetually and forever a renaissance of wonder”
― A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems
― A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems
“I’m not one of your Herculaceous sort, if you mean that. Nothing very wonderful bicepitally.”
― The History of Mr. Polly
― The History of Mr. Polly
“Dost Thou know that the ages will pass”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
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