"No society will ever be rid of the Poor. Some live off the foolishness of their fellow man, others live off his vanity or his vice. As for the Poor, they 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺. What a glorious phrase!" (Georges Bernanos) pic.x.com/y3pG7aCC0E

"...the first and last cause..." (Leopardi)

“…roar into their ears…” (Leopardi)

“One can reject the consolation even of necessity but not that of time.” (Leopardi)

"...we must preserve an interior void." (Simone Weil)

“A sentence condenses an act.” (Ricardo Piglia)

"...more beautiful and more precise..." (Ricardo Piglia on meeting with Borges)

Edward Dahlberg on Los Angeles circa 1928:

Dahlberg's author bio: "...vagabond everywhere."

"...it's inconceivable... it is senseless... it's impossible..." (Ricardo Piglia)

"...one of those masks..." (Novalis)

"...ridiculous but nonetheless natural..." (Leopardi)

"The most beautiful gesture of alienation..." (Roberto Bazlen)

"It was as simple as that." (David R. Bunch)

"...a deadly, chilling virtue." (Leopardi)

"...everything can be this century's contemporary except poetry..." (Leopardi)

"...the same piousness..." (Pauline Kael)