Foreignness is all around. Only in the heart of the heart of the country, namely the heart of the United States, can you avoid such a thing. In the center of an empire, you can think of your experience as universal. Outside the empire or on the fringes of the empire, you cannot.
タグ: think, experience, you, heart

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What you don’t know won’t hurt you. A dubious maxim: sometimes what you don’t know can hurt you very much.
タグ: philosophy-of-life, philosophy, pain, loss, lies, learning, knowledge, ignorance, hurt
There is good and mediocre writing within every genre.
タグ: within, every, writing, good
There are two types of freedom in this world: freedom to and freedom from.
タグ: life-lessons, philosophy, truth, life
Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance, you have to work at it.
タグ: education
Everyone thinks writers must know more about the inside of the human head, but that's wrong. They know less, that's why they write. Trying to find out what everyone else takes for granted.
タグ: writing
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