I like to eat crawfish and drink beer. That's despair?
Walker PercyI couldn't stand it. I still can't stand it. I can't stand the way things are. I cannot tolerate this age.
Walker PercyLucky is the man who does not secretly believe that every possibility is open to him.
Walker PercyLord, grant that my work increase knowledge and help other men. Failing that, Lord, grant that it will not lead to man’s destruction. Failing that, Lord, grant that my article in Brain be published before the destruction takes place.
Walker PercyTags: science
Before, I wandered as a diversion. Now I wander seriously and sit and read as a diversion.
Walker PercyThe fact is I am quite happy in a movie, even a bad movie. Other people, so I have read, treasure memorable moments in their lives...
Walker PercySmall disconnected facts, if you take note of them, have a way of becoming connected.
Walker Percy--you have too good a mind to throw away. I don't quite know what we're doing on this insignificant cinder spinning aay in a dark corner of the universe. That is a secret which the high gods have not confided in me. Yet one thing I believe and I believe it with every fibre of my being. A man must live by his light and do what little he can and do it as best he can. In this world goodness is destined to be defeated. But a man must go down fighting. That is the victory. To do anything less is to be less than a man.'
She is right. I will say yes. I will say yes even though I do not really know what she is talking about.
During my last year in college I discovered that I was picking up the mannerisms of Akim Tamiroff, the only useful thing, in fact, that I learned in the entire four years.
Walker PercyThey all think any minute I'm going to commit suicide. What a joke. The truth of course is the exact opposite: suicide is the only thing that keeps me alive. Whenever everything else fails, all I have to do is consider suicide and in two seconds I'm as cheerful as a nitwit. But if I could not kill myself -- ah then, I would. I can do without nembutal or murder mysteries but not without suicide.
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