i find nothing more depressing than optimism.

“So many bright futures consigned to the ashes of the past.So many dreams lost i…”

“When ... asked what I am writing, I have answered, "A book about social class i…”

“The day after the British entered the war Henry James wrote a friend:The plunge…”

“If I didn't have writing, I'd be running down the street hurling grenades in pe…”