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One Can Live With The Thought Of One's Own Death. It Is The Thought Of The Death Of The Words And Books That Is Terrifying For That Is The Deeper Extinction.

Never Forget The Power Of Silence, That Massively Disconcerting Pause Which Goes On And On And May Last Induce An Opponent To Babble And Backtrack Nervously.

Would It Be Anything Like A Literary Disaster If Gore Vidal Were To Fall Silent? Easy. No. In Fact, There Is Something To Be Said For The Idea.

When Man Sends Colonies Into Space, He Will Be Able To Mount Moveable, Sun-reflecting Mirrors To Simulate Rhythms Of Day And Night And Even The Terrestial Seasons...but He Doubtless Will Follow The Longstanding American Habit Of Thinking That Outer Space Should, As Much As Possible, Resemble Southern California.

Music Is The Way Our Memories Sing To Us Across Time.