“It was evident to him that the world composed and recomposed itself constantly in an endless process of dissatisfaction.” WorldProcessEndlessEvidentDissatisfactionRagtime Book:Ragtime: A Novel Source: Ragtime: A Novel
“I knew he was unreliable, but he was fun to be with. He was a child’s ideal companion, full of surprises and happy animal energy. He enjoyed food and drink. He liked to try new things. He brought home coconuts, papayas, mangoes, and urged them on our reluctant conservative selves. On Sundays he liked to discover new places, take us on endless bus or trolley rides to some new park or beach he knew about. He always counseled daring, in whatever situation, the courage to test the unknown, an instruction that was thematically in opposition to my mother’s.” TryingChildrenSelfHomeMotherEnergyFunAnimalSituationDrinkIdealsTestsSurpriseConservativeEndlessEnjoyedBeachParksOppositionSundayCompanionBusInstructionDaringNew ThingsReluctantUnreliableNew PlacesFood And DrinkCoconutsTrolleysPapaya Book:World's Fair: A Novel Source: World's Fair: A Novel
“My memories pale as I prevail upon them again and again. They become more and more ghostly. I fear nothing so much as losing them altogether and having only my blank endless mind to live in.” MindMemoriesLosingEndlessPaleAgain And AgainBlankFear NotFear Nothing Book:Homer & Langley: A Novel Source: Homer & Langley: A Novel
“There are moments when I cannot bear this unremitting consciousness. It knows only itself. Awake, I am in a continuum with my dreams. I feel my typewriters, my table, my chair to have that assurance of a solid world, where things take up space, where is not the endless emptiness of insubstantial thought that leads to nowhere but itself. My memories pale as I prevail upon them again and again. They become more and more ghostly. I fear nothing so much as losing them altogether and having only my blank endless mind to live in.” KnowsWorldFeelsMindMomentsDreamMemoriesSpaceConsciousnessBearsLosingTablesEndlessAwakeEmptinessChairsPaleAgain And AgainBlankAssuranceFear NotTypewritersContinuumFear Nothing Author:E. L. Doctorow
