The sole virtue of losing your short-term memory is that it does free you to be your own editor.
Norman MailerWe sail across dominions barely seen, washed by the swells of time. We plow through fields of magnetism. Past and future come together on thunderheads and our dead hearts live with lightning in the wounds of the Gods.
Norman MailerThe fact that we've been a great democracy doesn't mean we will automatically keep being one if we keep waving the flag.
Norman Mailer