We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope.
When I hear the word 'culture', I reach for my checkbook.
Anton Bruckner wrote the same symphony nine times, trying to get it just right. He failed.
Tofu and futons. The adepts of Orientalism seem to spend most of their lives reclining. They can't quite summon the energy to crawl up onto a chair. Even their Yogic exercises are carried out in a prone or sitting position.
When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem.
I despise my own nation most. Because I know it best. Because I still love it, suffering from Hope. For me, that's patrotism.