Only those who still have hope can benefit from tears. When they finish, they feel better. But to those without hope, whose anguish is basic and permanent, no good comes from crying. Nothing changes for them. They usually know this, but still can’t help crying.
Betty took him for a walk in the zoo and he was amused by her evident belief in the curative power of animals. She seemed to think that it must stead… - Nathanael West
Betty took him for a walk in the zoo and he was amused by her evident belief in the curative power of animals. She seemed to think that it must stead…
- Nathanael West
Like a dead man, only friction could make him warm or violence make him mobile. - Nathanael West
Like a dead man, only friction could make him warm or violence make him mobile.
Every child, everywhere; in the whole world there was not one child who was not gravely, sweetly dancing. - Nathanael West
Every child, everywhere; in the whole world there was not one child who was not gravely, sweetly dancing.
Man spends a great deal of time making order out of chaos, yet insists that the emotions be disordered. I order my emotions: I am insane. - Nathanael West
Man spends a great deal of time making order out of chaos, yet insists that the emotions be disordered. I order my emotions: I am insane.
At college, and perhaps for a year afterwards, they had believed in literature, had believed in Beauty and in personal expression as an absolute end.… - Nathanael West
At college, and perhaps for a year afterwards, they had believed in literature, had believed in Beauty and in personal expression as an absolute end.…
Numbers constitute the only universal language. - Nathanael West
Numbers constitute the only universal language.
Art Is a Way Out. Do not let life overwhelm you. When the old paths are choked with the débris of failure, look for newer and fresher paths. Art is j… - Nathanael West
Art Is a Way Out. Do not let life overwhelm you. When the old paths are choked with the débris of failure, look for newer and fresher paths. Art is j…
Feeling is of the heart and nerves and the crudeness of its expression has nothing to do with its intensity. - Nathanael West
Feeling is of the heart and nerves and the crudeness of its expression has nothing to do with its intensity.
Only those who still have hope can benefit from tears. - Nathanael West
Only those who still have hope can benefit from tears.
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