And no matter what, there's not one thing in this world *or* the next that we can do or hope or guess at or wish or pray that can change it or help it one iota. Because whatever is, is. That's all. And all there is now is to be ready for it, strong enough for it, whatever it may be. That's all. That's all that matters. It's all that matters because it's all that's possible.
Just spunk won't be enough; you've got to have gumption. - James Agee
Just spunk won't be enough; you've got to have gumption.
- James Agee
The goal is the same: life itself; and the price is the same; life itself. - James Agee
The goal is the same: life itself; and the price is the same; life itself.
And somewhat as in blind night, on a mild sea, a sailor may be made aware of an iceberg, fanged and mortal, bearing invisibly near, by the unwarned c… - James Agee
And somewhat as in blind night, on a mild sea, a sailor may be made aware of an iceberg, fanged and mortal, bearing invisibly near, by the unwarned c…
You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break with tradition. - James Agee
You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break with tradition.
Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense. - James Agee
Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.
A mother never realizes that her children are no longer children. - James Agee
A mother never realizes that her children are no longer children.
You've got to bear it in mind that nobody that ever lived is specially privileged; the axe can fall at any moment, on any neck, without any warning o… - James Agee
You've got to bear it in mind that nobody that ever lived is specially privileged; the axe can fall at any moment, on any neck, without any warning o…
The artist's task is not to alter the world as the eye sees it into a world of aesthetic reality, but to perceive the aesthetic reality within the ac… - James Agee
The artist's task is not to alter the world as the eye sees it into a world of aesthetic reality, but to perceive the aesthetic reality within the ac…
Some people get where they hope to in this world. Most of us don't. - James Agee
Some people get where they hope to in this world. Most of us don't.
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