“Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent.”
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A novel that does not uncover a hitherto unknown segment of existence is immoral. Knowledge is the novel's only morality.
No great movement designed to change the world can bear to be laughed at or belittled. Mockery is a rust that corrodes all it touches.
The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead.
People are going deaf because music is played louder and louder, but because they're going deaf, it has to be played louder still.
