What did Jonathan Franzen mean by: Integrity’s a neutral value. Hyenas have integrity, too. They’re pure hyena. Jonathan Franzen Novelist Copy
+ Without privacy there was no point in being an individual. Author, August 3, 2023January 2, 2025, Jonathan Franzen, Autonomy, Individuality, Privacy, 0 Jonathan Franzen Novelist
+ What you discovered about yourself in raising children wasn’t always agreeable or attractive. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Jonathan Franzen, Parenthood, Reflection, Self-discovery, 0 Jonathan Franzen Novelist
+ I feel that working environmentalists are, in the main, happier than armchair environmentalists. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Jonathan Franzen, Action, Productivity, Satisfaction, 0 Jonathan Franzen Novelist
+ We may freak out globally, but we suffer locally. Author, September 19, 2023January 2, 2025, Jonathan Franzen, Globalization, Localism, Suffering, 0 Jonathan Franzen Novelist
+ But the first lesson reading teaches is how to be alone. Author, October 21, 2023January 2, 2025, Jonathan Franzen, Independence, Reflection, Solitude, 0 Jonathan Franzen Novelist
+ Popularity has become its own justification. Author, September 3, 2023January 2, 2025, Jonathan Franzen, Influence, Justification, Popularity, 0 Jonathan Franzen Novelist
+ He had a happy canine way of seeking approval without seeming insecure. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Jonathan Franzen, Approval, Confidence, Happiness, 0 Jonathan Franzen Novelist
+ Deploring other people–their lack of perfection–had always been our sport. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Jonathan Franzen, Criticism, Judgment, Perfectionism, 0 Jonathan Franzen Novelist
If you wish to be held in esteem, you must ssociate only with those who estimable. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Don’t apologize, justify or rationalize bad art or bad writing. If you do, you are part of it. Walter Darby Bannard Painter · USA
The ignorant Insults of Individuals will not hinder me from doing my duty to my Art William Blake Poet and artist · England
feelings of man are always pure and the brightest to the meeting time and Farewell. Jean Paul Writer · Germany
