“Sometimes someone will tell me about an author I've never heard of before and that will send me to that person. That's how I discovered Thomas Bernhard, an Austrian novelist whose novels tend to be one long rant.” PersonsLongSometimesNovelHeardNovelistsRant Author:Stephen Dobyns
“Actions have consequences. Ignorance about the nature of those actions does not free a person from responsibility for the consequences. (28)” PersonsDoeActionResponsibilityIgnoranceConsequenceActions Have Consequences Author:Stephen Dobyns
“Let's say someone has experienced a violent trauma or betrayal: a child has been raped by a parent or has witnessed the destruction of someone he loves or has been so traumatized by the possibility of beatings and punishments that he's afraid to act. If the trauma is great enough, that person's life may become frozen, emotionally frozen even though he still gets up in the morning, is busy all day, and goes to bed at night. But there's this empty space that begins to fill with rage, rage toward everyone - the perpetrator, the people in the world who haven't suffered, even toward himself. (174)” PeopleIfsWorldMayChildrenPersonsHas BeensStillsEnoughNightParentSpaceMorningHavensPossibilityBedEmptyDestructionBusyTraumaBetrayalRagePunishmentViolentGet UpFrozenEmpty SpacePerpetrators Book:Boy in the Water: A Novel Source: Boy in the Water: A Novel
