“'ve always defined a truly alluring story as a journey we're not equipped to take ourselves with a person we're tempted but afraid to emulate. Impostor narratives are exactly that. When they end in disaster, as Clark's did, or as Gatsby's did, we can congratulate ourselves for our own wisdom. We can also experience, safely, at no cost, the terrible thrill of radical self-invention, of trading who we are for who we might be.” PersonsEndsSelfStoriesMightJourneyTerribleCostDisasterInventionDefinedRadicalNarrativeWho We AreThrillTradingTemptedEmulateAlluring Author:Walter Kirn
“Spirit was a by-product of activity, like the reflection from a spinning fan blade, and our souls in the end did not reside within us but flowed outward from our movements.” SoulEndsSpiritFansMovementProductsActivityReflectionBladesSpinning Book:Mission to America: A Novel Source: Mission to America: A Novel
