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Sally views life as one thing leading naturally, intriguingly on to another; whereas I look at life in terms of failures survived, leaving the horizon gratifyingly— but briefly— clear of obstructions.

It’s not an unusual American story. Just as there’s no right way to plan a life and no right way to live one— only plenty of wrong ways.

He concluded his acuity about women was probably suspect and that a life without that hair shirt was worth trying on.

Language imitates the public riot, the poet said. And what’s today’s life like, if not a riot?

“You survived. Whatever doesn’t kill us makes us stronger, right?” I don’t, of course, believe this. Most things that don’t kill us right off, kill us later.