“There’s a strange paradox about writing novels. It is precisely this: There’s no occupation in the universe that is lonelier, and that at the same time depends more radically on a community, a commonwealth of other writers. … As lonely as is the craft of writing, it is the most social of vocations.".
Walker Percy., quoted in Paul Elie's 'The Life You Save May Be Your Own,' p. xii.
The wounded man has a better view of the battle than those still shooting.
-- Walker Percy
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