The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1The reminiscences of the author's lifetime; insight on life and art; education, discipline and training of a writer. |
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Page 57
... asked myself whether at such moments they ever remembered how their minds in solitude were sometimes occupied and whether it ever made them uneasy to think of the secrets that their subliminal self harboured . It seems to me that the ...
... asked myself whether at such moments they ever remembered how their minds in solitude were sometimes occupied and whether it ever made them uneasy to think of the secrets that their subliminal self harboured . It seems to me that the ...
Page 145
... asked not to embroider gaily or romantically upon life but to copy it , he is robbed of great part of his resources . He is forced to forgo asides because people do not naturally talk to themselves out loud ; he may not tele- scope ...
... asked not to embroider gaily or romantically upon life but to copy it , he is robbed of great part of his resources . He is forced to forgo asides because people do not naturally talk to themselves out loud ; he may not tele- scope ...
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... the reader that perhaps the only thing of which I was certain was that I was certain of nothing else . I was trying to put my thoughts on sundry subjects in order and I asked no one to agree with me in my opinions . On [ 240 ]
... the reader that perhaps the only thing of which I was certain was that I was certain of nothing else . I was trying to put my thoughts on sundry subjects in order and I asked no one to agree with me in my opinions . On [ 240 ]
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