My Mind May Be American

Every Moment Is A New And Shocking Transvaluation Of All We Have Ever Been.

Writing Every Day Is A Way Of Keeping The Engine Running, And Then Something Good May Come Out Of It.

A People Without History Is Not Redeemed From Time, For History Is A Pattern Of Timeless Moments.

Turning Wearily, As One Would Turn To Nod Goodbye To Rochefoucauld, If The Street Were Time And He As The End Of The Street.

The River Itself Has No Beginning Or End. In Its Beginning, It Is Not Yet The River; In The End It Is No Longer The River. What We Call The Headwaters Is Only A Selection From Among The Innumerable Sources Which Flow Together To Compose It. At What Point In Its Course Does The Mississippi Become What The Mississippi Means?