The Earth Is Mostly Just A Boneyard.

Americans' Lack Of Passion For History Is Well Known. History May Not Quite Be Bunk, As Henry Ford Suggested, But There's No Denying That, As A People, We Sustain A Passionate Concentration On The Present And The Future.

I Don't Do Well With Changes In My Routine. I Read At Least Three Newspapers A Day, For Example. I'm Frustrated If For Some Reason I Can't Get Ahold Of All Three.

The Only Bookstore I Had Was The Paperback Rack At The Drugstore.

Nobody Run Off With Her,” Roscoe Said. "she Just Run Off With Herself, I Guess.

Obviously, Where Art Has It Over Life Is In The Matter Of Editing. Life Can Be Seen To Suffer From A Drastic Lack Of Editing. It Stops Too Quick, Or Else It Goes On Too Long. Worse, Its Pacing Is Erratic. Some Chapters Are Little More Than A Few Sentences In Length, While Others Stretch Into Volumes. Life, For All Its Raw Talent, Has Little Sense Of Structure. It Creates Amazing Textures, But It Can't Be Counted On For Snappy Beginnings Or Good Endings Either. Indeed, In Many Cases No Ending Is Provided At All.