"Some books accrete things to themselves like a magnet. The writer risks sterility by subjecting the mysterious power of imagination to the devices of mere comprehension."

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Source : 1979 Preface to reprint of The Horn.

John Clellon Holmes

#Book Quotes #Imagination Quotes #Risk Quotes

“To my mind, having a care and concern for others is the highest of the human qualities.”
“The heart holds answers the brain refuses to see.”
“Not to sink under being man and wife, But get some color and music out of life?”
“Tolerance is the only real test of civilization.”

Source : Sir Arthur Helps (1883). “Thoughts in the Cloister and the Crowd”
“Like so many other recovered alcoholics, I am to this day bewildered that it took so long for me to understand that there was no such animal as 'social drinking' for me; that it had nothing to do with my willpower or self-respect or moral fiber, that it was a simple biochemical intolerance to a drug.”

Source : Mercedes McCambridge (1982). “The Quality of Mercy”, Berkley Publishing Group
“I'm really a one-man band.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I do really crazy things all the time, but I can't think of anything offhand”
“No one comes from the earth like grass. We come like trees. We all have roots.”

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