Nobody supports me at the expense of his own adventure. Then I get bitter: I am not loved enough to be supported. That I am not a burden has to compensate for the sad envy when I look at women loved enough to be supported. Even now China wraps double binds around my feet.
MaxineIt must be that people who read go on more macrocosmic and microcosmic trips โ biblical god trips, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Ulysses, Finneganโs Wake trips. Non-readers, what do they get? (They get the munchies.)
MaxineGive a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and the old buzzard won't be hanging around, underfoot, all weekend.
Maxine