[on Sociability In Italy:] You

Making A Living Is Nothing; The Great Difficulty Is Making A Point, Making A Difference-with Words.

I Have Come To The Belief That There Is Not Merely An Accidental Relationship Between Bad Writing And Routine Sociological Research, But A Wonderfully Pure, Integral Relationship; The Awkwardness Is Necessary And Inevitable.

Sentences In Which I Have Tried For A Certain Light Tone -- Many Of Those Have To Do With Events, Upheavals, Destructions That Caused Me To Weep Like A Child.

I Am Alone Here In New York, No Longer A We.

While You Are Living, Part Of You Has Slipped Away To The Cemetery.