What did Walker Percy mean by: Bad books always lie. They lie most of all about the human condition. Walker Percy Writer · USA Copy
+ Have you noticed that only in time of illness or disaster or death are people real? Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Walker Percy, Death, Disaster, Illness, 0 Walker Percy Writer · USA
+ Children notice things first, people later. Author, October 30, 2023January 2, 2025, Walker Percy, Observation, Perception, Prioritization, 0 Walker Percy Writer · USA
+ A novel is what you call something that won’t sell if you call it poems or short stories. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Walker Percy, Literature, marketing, Perception, 0 Walker Percy Writer · USA
+ Losing hope is not so bad. There’s something worse: losing hope and hiding it from yourself. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Walker Percy, Awareness, Deception, Hope, 0 Walker Percy Writer · USA
+ My mother refused to let me fail. So I insisted. Author, August 29, 2023January 2, 2025, Walker Percy, Determination, Resilience, Support, 0 Walker Percy Writer · USA
+ Not to be onto something is to be in despair. Author, July 29, 2023January 2, 2025, Walker Percy, Despair, Discovery, Knowledge, 0 Walker Percy Writer · USA
+ We love those who know the worst of us and don’t turn their face away. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Walker Percy, Acceptance, Love, Vulnerability, 0 Walker Percy Writer · USA
+ Peace is only better than war when it’s not hell too. War being hell makes sense. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Walker Percy, Hell, Peace, War, 0 Walker Percy Writer · USA
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Politics: the art of appearing candid and completely open while concealing as much as possible. Frank Herbert Author · USA
