The Sinister Nature Of The American Soil

You Can Always Tell Folks From Nonfolks. Folks Like To Feel Good, Like To Smile For The Camera When There's A Big Photo Opportunity For A Really Good Cause.

Journalism Talk Is Part Of The Nonstop Background Noise Of American Life.

The Government Cannot Afford To Have A Country Made Up Entirely Of Rich People, Because Rich People Pay So Little Tax That The Government Would Quickly Go Bankrupt. This Is Why Government Men Always Tell Us That Labor Is Man's Noblest Calling. Government Needs Labor To Pay Its Upkeep.

After That [father's Death] I Never Cried With Any Real Conviction, Nor Expected Much Of Anyone's God Except Indifference, Nor Loved Deeply Without Fear That It Would Cost Me Dearly In Pain. At The Age Of Five I Had Become A Skeptic And Began To Sense That Any Happiness That Came My Way Might Be The Prelude To Some Grim Cosmic Joke.

Ah, Summer, What Power You Have To Make Us Suffer And Like It.