The theory of the teacher with all these immigrant kids was that if you spoke English loudly enough they would eventually understand.

I am often asked the question How can the masses permit themselves to be exploited by the few. The answer is By being persuaded to identify with them.

And so the ordinary unendurable torments we all experienced were indeed exceptional in the way they were absorbed in each heart.

It was evident to him that the world composed and recomposed itself constantly in an endless process of dissatisfaction.

Writing is immensely difficult. The short forms especially.

The images of things are not the things in themselves.

Children have a lot more to worry about from the parents who raised them than from the books they read.