“Both reading and writing are experiences--lifelong-- in the course of which we who encounter words used in certain ways are persuaded by them to be brought mind and heart within the presence, the power, of the imagination.” WayWritingMindHeartUsedCertainCoursesReadingImaginationEncountersHeart And MindLifelongReading And Writing Book:Three papers on fiction Source: Three papers on fiction
“I had never been with a woman for longer than a night, and they had always been whores. And while throughout each of these speedy encounters I tried to maintain a friendliness with the women, I knew in my heart it was false, and afterward always felt remote and caved in. I had in the last year or so given up whores entirely, thinking it best to go without rather than pantomime human closeness.” ThinkingYearsHumansHeartLastsNightGivenFeltMy HeartEncountersLast YearGiven UpProstitutionClosenessFriendlinessPantomime Book:The Sisters Brothers Source: The Sisters Brothers