The faculty of attention has utterly vanished from the Anglo-Saxon mind, extinguished at its source by the big bayad?re of journalism, of the newspaper and the picture magazine which keeps screaming, "Look at me." Illustrations, loud simplifications... bill poster advertising ? only these stand a chance.
Henry JamesLittle by little, even with other cares, the slowly but surely working poison of the garden-mania begins to stir in my long-sluggish veins.
Henry JamesNo, noโthere are depths, depths! The more I go over it, the more I see in it, and the more I see in it, the more I fear. I donโt know what I donโt seeโwhat I donโt fear!
Henry James