. American novelist short story writer essayist and poet
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Juxtaposition marries men. Go to Quote / Comment
The beauty myth moves for men as a mirage; its power lies in its ever-receding nature. When the gap is closed, the lover embraces only his own disillusion. Go to Quote / Comment
Death is only a launching into the region of the strange Untried; it is but the first salutation to the possibilities of the immense Remote, t... Go to Quote / Comment
In childhood, death stirred me not; in middle age, it pursued me like a prowling bandit on the road; now, grown an old man, it boldly leads th... Go to Quote / Comment
Foemen at morn, but friends at eve— Fame or country least their care:... Go to Quote / Comment