“Harvard (across the river in Cambridge) and Boston are two ends of one mustache. ... Without the faculty, the visitors, the events that Harvard brings to the life here, Boston would be intolerable to anyone except genealogists, antique dealers, and those who find repletion in a closed local society.” TwoEndsWould BeCitiesEventsRiversLocalsFacultyBostonHarvardVisitorsDealerAntiquesMustacheCambridge Book:A View of My Own: Essays on Literature and Society Source: A View of My Own: Essays on Literature and Society
“A letter is not a dialogue or even an omniscient exposition. It is a fabric of surfaces, a mask, a form as well suited to affectations as to the affections. The letter is, by its natural shape, self-justifying; it is one's own evidence, deposition, a self-serving testimony. In a letter the writer holds all the cards, controls everything about himself and about those assertions he wishes to make concerning events or the worth of others. For completely self-centered characters, the letter form is a complex and rewarding activity.” WellsSelfCharacterFormWishNaturalEventsActivityShapesEvidenceLettersComplexesAffectionSurfaceDialogueCardsMaskServingFabricTestimonySelf CenteredAssertionSelf ServingOmniscient Book:Seduction and Betrayal: Women and Literature Source: Seduction and Betrayal: Women and Literature
“Sentences in which I have tried for a certain light tone -- many of those have to do with events, upheavals, destructions that caused me to weep like a child.” ChildrenLightCertainEventsDestructionSentencesToneUpheaval Author:Elizabeth Hardwick
“Since films and television have staged everything imaginable before it happens, a true event, taking place in the real world, brings to mind the landscape of films.” WorldMindRealHappensFilmEventsTelevisionLandscapeMovieReal WorldFilm And Television Book:Bartleby in Manhattan, and Other Essays Source: Bartleby in Manhattan, and Other Essays
