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Walker Percy Quotes

Ignorance, if recognized, is often more fruitful than the appearance of knowledge Picture Quote #1

I like to eat crawfish and drink beer. That’s despair? Picture Quote #1

Children notice things first, people later Picture Quote #1

Small disconnected facts, if you take note of them, have a way of becoming connected Picture Quote #1

The enduring is something which must be accounted for. One cannot simply shrug it off Picture Quote #1

Not to be onto something is to be in despair Picture Quote #1

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My mother refused to let me fail. So I insisted Picture Quote #1

What is the nature of the search? you ask. Really it is very simple, at least for a fellow like me; so simple that it is easily overlooked. The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. This morning, for example, I felt as if I had come to myself on a strange island. And what does such a cast away do? Why he pokes around the neighborhood and he doesn’t miss a trick. To become aware of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair Picture Quote #1

The mystery lies in the here and now. The mystery is: What is one to do with oneself? As you get older you begin to realize the trick time is playing, and that unless you do something about it, the passage of time is nothing but the encroachment of the horrible banality of the past on the pure future. The past devours the future like a tape recorder, converting pure possibility into banality. The present is the tape head, the mouth of time. Then where is the mystery and why bother kicking through the ashes? Because there is a clue in the past Picture Quote #1

Peace is only better than war when it’s not hell too. War being hell makes sense Picture Quote #1

We love those who know the worst of us and don’t turn their faces away Picture Quote #1

She can only believe I am serious in her own fashion of being serious: as an antic sort of seriousness, which is not seriousness at all but despair masquerading as seriousness Picture Quote #1

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Your discovery, as best as I can determine, is that there is an alternative which no one has hit upon. It is that one finding oneself in one of life’s critical situations need not after all respond in one of the traditional ways. No. One may simply default. Pass. Do as one pleases, shrug, turn on one’s heel and leave. Exit. Why after all need one act humanly? Picture Quote #1

A good rotation. A rotation I define as the experiencing of the new beyond the expectation of the experiencing of the new Picture Quote #1

Why is there such a gap between nonspeaking animals and speaking man, when there is no other such gap in nature? Is it possible that a theory of man is nothing more nor less than a theory of the speaking creatures? Picture Quote #1

Before, I wandered as a diversion. Now I wander seriously and sit and read as a diversion Picture Quote #1

Hatred strikes me as one of the few signs of life remaining in the world. This is another thing about the world which is upsidedown: all the friendly and likable people seem dead to me; only the haters seem alive Picture Quote #1

The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair Picture Quote #1

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You live in a deranged age, more deranged that usual, because in spite of great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing Picture Quote #1

I had discovered that a person does not have to be this or be that or be anything, not even oneself. One is free Picture Quote #1

I have discovered that most people have no one to talk to, no one, that is, who really wants to listen. When it does at last dawn on a man that you really want to hear about his business, the look that comes over his face is something to see Picture Quote #1

As for hobbies, people with stimulating hobbies suffer from the most noxious of despairs since they are tranquilized in their despair Picture Quote #1

The 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 Picture Quote #1

A novel is what you call something that won’t sell if you call it poems or short stories Picture Quote #1

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The present age is demented. It is possessed by a sense of dislocation, a loss of personal identity, an alternating sentimentality and rage which, in an individual patient, could be characterized as dementia Picture Quote #1

What needs to be discharged is the intolerable tenderness of the past, the past gone and grieved over and never made sense of. Music ransoms us from the past, declares an amnesty, brackets and sets aside the old puzzles. Sing a new song. Start a new life, get a girl, look into her shadowy eyes, smile Picture Quote #1

I am not ashamed to use the word class. I will also plead guilty to another charge. The charge is that people belonging to my class think they’re better than other people. You’re damn right we’re better. We’re better because we do not shirk our obligations either to ourselves or to others... we live by our lights, we die by our lights, and whoever the high gods may be, we’ll look them in the eye without apology Picture Quote #1

I couldn’t stand it. I still can’t stand it. I can’t stand the way things are. I cannot tolerate this age Picture Quote #1

Lucky is the man who does not secretly believe that every possibility is open to him Picture Quote #1

The conviction: I will not tolerate this age. The freedom: the freedom to act on my conviction. And I will act. No one else has both the conviction and the freedom. Many agree with me, have the conviction, but will not act. Some act, assassinate, bomb, burn, etc., but they are the crazies. Crazy acts by crazy people. But what if one, sober, reasonable, and honorable man should act, and act with perfect sobriety, reason, and honor? Then you have the beginning of a new age. We shall start a new order of things Picture Quote #1

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Ignorance, if recognized, is often more fruitful than the appearance of knowledge (Walker Percy Quotes) I like to eat crawfish and drink beer. That’s despair? (Walker Percy Quotes) Children notice things first, people later (Walker Percy Quotes) Small disconnected facts, if you take note of them, have a way of becoming connected (Walker Percy Quotes) The enduring is something which must be accounted for. One cannot simply shrug it off (Walker Percy Quotes) Not to be onto something is to be in despair (Walker Percy Quotes) My mother refused to let me fail. So I insisted (Walker Percy Quotes) What is the nature of the search? you ask. Really it is very simple, at least for a fellow like me; so simple that it is easily overlooked. The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. This morning, for example, I felt as if I had come to myself on a strange island. And what does such a cast away do? Why he pokes around the neighborhood and he doesn’t miss a trick. To become aware of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair (Walker Percy Quotes) The mystery lies in the here and now. The mystery is: What is one to do with oneself? As you get older you begin to realize the trick time is playing, and that unless you do something about it, the passage of time is nothing but the encroachment of the horrible banality of the past on the pure future. The past devours the future like a tape recorder, converting pure possibility into banality. The present is the tape head, the mouth of time. Then where is the mystery and why bother kicking through the ashes? Because there is a clue in the past (Walker Percy Quotes) Peace is only better than war when it’s not hell too. War being hell makes sense (Walker Percy Quotes) We love those who know the worst of us and don’t turn their faces away (Walker Percy Quotes) She can only believe I am serious in her own fashion of being serious: as an antic sort of seriousness, which is not seriousness at all but despair masquerading as seriousness (Walker Percy Quotes) Your discovery, as best as I can determine, is that there is an alternative which no one has hit upon. It is that one finding oneself in one of life’s critical situations need not after all respond in one of the traditional ways. No. One may simply default. Pass. Do as one pleases, shrug, turn on one’s heel and leave. Exit. Why after all need one act humanly? (Walker Percy Quotes) A good rotation. A rotation I define as the experiencing of the new beyond the expectation of the experiencing of the new (Walker Percy Quotes) Why is there such a gap between nonspeaking animals and speaking man, when there is no other such gap in nature? Is it possible that a theory of man is nothing more nor less than a theory of the speaking creatures? (Walker Percy Quotes) Before, I wandered as a diversion. Now I wander seriously and sit and read as a diversion (Walker Percy Quotes) Hatred strikes me as one of the few signs of life remaining in the world. This is another thing about the world which is upsidedown: all the friendly and likable people seem dead to me; only the haters seem alive (Walker Percy Quotes) The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair (Walker Percy Quotes) You live in a deranged age, more deranged that usual, because in spite of great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing (Walker Percy Quotes) I had discovered that a person does not have to be this or be that or be anything, not even oneself. One is free (Walker Percy Quotes) I have discovered that most people have no one to talk to, no one, that is, who really wants to listen. When it does at last dawn on a man that you really want to hear about his business, the look that comes over his face is something to see (Walker Percy Quotes) As for hobbies, people with stimulating hobbies suffer from the most noxious of despairs since they are tranquilized in their despair (Walker Percy Quotes) The 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 Percy Quotes) A novel is what you call something that won’t sell if you call it poems or short stories (Walker Percy Quotes) The present age is demented. It is possessed by a sense of dislocation, a loss of personal identity, an alternating sentimentality and rage which, in an individual patient, could be characterized as dementia (Walker Percy Quotes) What needs to be discharged is the intolerable tenderness of the past, the past gone and grieved over and never made sense of. Music ransoms us from the past, declares an amnesty, brackets and sets aside the old puzzles. Sing a new song. Start a new life, get a girl, look into her shadowy eyes, smile (Walker Percy Quotes) I am not ashamed to use the word class. I will also plead guilty to another charge. The charge is that people belonging to my class think they’re better than other people. You’re damn right we’re better. We’re better because we do not shirk our obligations either to ourselves or to others... we live by our lights, we die by our lights, and whoever the high gods may be, we’ll look them in the eye without apology (Walker Percy Quotes) I couldn’t stand it. I still can’t stand it. I can’t stand the way things are. I cannot tolerate this age (Walker Percy Quotes) Lucky is the man who does not secretly believe that every possibility is open to him (Walker Percy Quotes) The conviction: I will not tolerate this age. The freedom: the freedom to act on my conviction. And I will act. No one else has both the conviction and the freedom. Many agree with me, have the conviction, but will not act. Some act, assassinate, bomb, burn, etc., but they are the crazies. Crazy acts by crazy people. But what if one, sober, reasonable, and honorable man should act, and act with perfect sobriety, reason, and honor? Then you have the beginning of a new age. We shall start a new order of things (Walker Percy Quotes)

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