James Atlas quotes

James Atlas quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“All of us, I suspect, imagine that a world exists from which we alone have been excluded; all of us have our noses pressed against the glass. But if we contemplate our own lives, not the phantom life on the other side, we might find things in them to envy-a family thatâ€™s intact; a job we like; excellent health (the thing we take for granted and on which all happiness depends). Good fortune is there, however sporadic, however modest, however difficult to achieve. The trick is to recognize it.”
-- James Atlas

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“To read Wilson.. is to be instructed and amused in the highest sense - that is, to be educated.”
-- James Atlas

Source : 1985 Of Edmund Wilson. In the New York Times, 28 Jul, reviewing David Castronovo Edmund Wilson (1984).

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“Writing is the worst part of being a writer.”
-- James Atlas

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“A penumbra of sombre dignity has descended over his reputation.”
-- James Atlas

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