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The World Is A More Engaging And Less Dramatic Place Than Writers Ever Give It Credit For Being

When You Are Sixteen You Do Not Know What Your Parents Know, Or Much Of What They Understand, And Less Of What's In Their Hearts. This Can Save You From Becoming An Adult Too Early, Save Your Life From Becoming Only Theirs Lived Over Again--which Is A Loss. But To Shield Yourself--as I Didn't Do--seems To Be An Even Greater Error, Since What's Lost Is The Truth Of Your Parents' Life And What You Should Think About It, And Beyond That, How You Should Estimate The World You Are About To Live In.

I'm Trying To Cause People To Be Interested In The Particulars Of Their Lives Because I Think That's One Thing Literature Can Do For Us. It Can Say To Us: Pay Attention. Pay Closer Attention. Pay Stricter Attention To What You Say To Your Son.

The National Rifle Association Is A Domestic Terrorist Organization That Tacitly Supports The Killing Of Children More Than It Supports Reasoned Gun Legislation.

Things You Did. Things You Never Did. Things You Dreamed. After A Long Time They Run Together.