The Wise Needn't Ask, The Fool Asks

If Civilization Has An Opposite, It Is War.

I Have Become Very Critical Of The Whole Book Award System And Could Preach On That Subject For Quite A While, But I Do Know What An Award Can Mean To A Writer Early In Her Career. It Can Give An Essential Validation.

Claude Levi-strauss Has Been A Great Source Of Fruitful Irritation To My Mind.

Everything Gives Way Before The Recurring Torment And Festivity Of Passion.

It's The Self That Suffers, And There's A Place Where The Self--ceases. I Don't Know How To Say It. But I Believe That The Reality--the Truth That I Recognize In Suffering As I Don't In Comfort And Happiness--that The Reality Of Pain Is Not Pain. If You Can Get Through It. If You Can Endure It All The Way.