“You once said to me that I talk like a man in a book. I not only talk, but think and feel like one. I have spent my life in books; literature has deeply dyed my brain its own colour. This literary colouring is a protective one--like the brown of the rabbit or the checks of the quail--making it impossible for me to tell where literature ends and I begin.” ThinkingMenFeelsSaidBookEndsLiteratureBrainImpossibleChecksColourBrownRabbitsProtectiveQuails Author:Nathanael West
“Only those who still have hope can benefit from tears. When they finish, they feel better. But to those without hope, whose anguish is basic and permanent, no good comes from crying. Nothing changes for them. They usually know this, but still can’t help crying.” KnowsFeelsStillsHelpingCryTearsBenefitsPermanentFeel BetterAnguishHaving HopeWithout Hope Book:Miss Lonelyhearts: & the Day of the Locust Source: Miss Lonelyhearts: & the Day of the Locust
