I Could Bear The Memory, But I

Like Everything Else, Love's Not Worth Much Without Some Action To Back It Up.

Know This. I Think You Could Be Special If You Only Thought There Was Anything Special About Yourself.

One Can Learn Anything, Anything At All, I Thought, If Provided By A Gifted And Passionate Teacher.

Here's What I Want From A Book, What I Demand, What I Pray For When I Take Up A Novel And Begin To Read The First Sentence: I Want Everything And Nothing Less, The Full Measure Of A Writer's Heart. I Want A Novel So Poetic That I Do Not Have To Turn To The Standby Anthologies Of Poetry To Satisfy That Itch For Music, For Perfection And Economy Of Phrasing, For Exactness Of Tone. Then, Too, I Want A Book So Filled With Story And Character That I Read Page After Page Without Thinking Of Food Or Drink Because A Writer Has Possessed Me, Crazed With An Unappeasable Thirst To Know What Happens Next.

Evil Would Always Come To Me Disguised In Systems And Dignified By Law.