We are no longer in a state of growth; we are in a state of excess. We are living in a society of excrescence.... The boil is grow...ing out of control, recklessly at cross purposes with itself, its impacts multiplying as the causes disintegrate.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When a book, any sort of book, reaches a certain intensity of artistic performance it becomes literature. That intensity may be a ...matter of style, situation, character, emotional tone, or idea, or half a dozen other things. It may also be a perfection of control over the movement of a story similar to the control a great pitcher has over the ball.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
To course that span of consciousness thou'st named The Open Road--thy vision is reclaimed!... What heritage thou'st signalled to our hands!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The years-heired feature that can In curve and voice and eye... Despise the human span Of durance--that is I; The eternal thing in man, That heeds no call to die.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In healthy families, children discover (through being listened to) that what they have to say is important and that their experien...ces and ideas (and they themselves) have worth. They are encouraged to think for themselves, express opinions, and make decisions for themselves. Parents supporting them in standing on their own two feet and doing what they think is right. Trusting and gaining confidence in themselves, they develop an inner locus of control.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The settlement of America had its origins in the unsettlement of Europe. America came into existence when the European was already... so distant from the ancient ideas and ways of his birthplace that the whole span of the Atlantic did not widen the gulf.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
What a large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life by him who interests his heart in every thing, an...d who, having eyes to see, what time and chance are perpetually holding out to him as he journeyeth on his way, misses nothing he can fairly lay his hands on.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Twentieth-century art may start with nothing, but it flourishes by virtue of its belief in itself, in the possibility of control o...ver what seems essentially uncontrollable, in the coherence of the inchoate, and in its ability to create its own values.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »