Diana Trilling Quote

Behind the contained and orderly lives we lead as members of the respectable middle class there's a terrible human capacity that may one day overwhelm any of us.


Mrs. Harris: the death of the Scarsdale diet doctor (ed. Harcourt, 1981)


Behind the contained and orderly lives we lead as members of the respectable middle class there's a terrible human capacity that may one day...

Behind the contained and orderly lives we lead as members of the respectable middle class there's a terrible human capacity that may one day...

Behind the contained and orderly lives we lead as members of the respectable middle class there's a terrible human capacity that may one day...

Behind the contained and orderly lives we lead as members of the respectable middle class there's a terrible human capacity that may one day...