Lord, grant that my work increase knowledge and help other men. Failing that, Lord, grant that it will not lead to manโs destruction. Failing that, Lord, grant that my article in Brain be published before the destruction takes place.
Walker PercyI have discovered that most people have no one to talk to, no one, that is, who really wants to listen. When it does at last dawn on a man that you really want to hear about his business, the look that comes over his face is something to see.
Walker PercyIn this world goodness is destined to be defeated. But a man must go down fighting. That is the victory. To do anything less is to be less than a man.
Walker PercyFiction doesnโt tell us something we donโt know, it tells us something we know but donโt know that we know.
Walker PercyHave you noticed that only in time of illness or disaster or death are people real? I remember at the time of the wreck-- people were so kind and helpful and solid. Everyone pretended that our lives until that moment had been every bit as real as the moment itself and that the future must be real too, when the truth was that our reality had been purchased only by Lyell's death. In another hour or so we had all faded out again and gone our dim ways.
Walker Percy