I dreamt that I woke up. It's the oldest dream of all, and I've just had it

You lose the world for a glance? Of course you do. That is what the world is for: to lose under the right circunstances.

we must be precise with love, its language and its gestures. If it is to save us, we must look at it as clearly as we should learn to look at death

Mystification is simple; clarity is the hardest thing of all.

There will always be non-readers, bad readers, lazy readers - there always were.

The spring of 1930 marks the end of a period of grave concern...American business is steadily coming back to a normal level of prosperity.

I certainly believe we all suffer damage, one way or another. How could we not,except in a world of perfect parents, siblings, neighbours, companions? And then there is the question on which so much depends, of how we react to the damage: whether we admit it or repress it,and how this affects our dealings with others.Some admit the damage, and try to mitigate it;some spend their lives trying to help others who are damaged; and there are those whose main concern is to avoid further damage to themselves, at whatever cost. And those are the ones who are ruthless, and the ones to be careful of.