The only way out is the way through, just as you cannot escape from death except by dying. Being unable to write, you must examine in writing this being unable, which becomes for the present – henceforth? – the subject to which you are condemned.


Journal of the Fictive Life (1965)

Howard Nemerov Quotes

The only way out is the way through, just as you cannot escape from death except by dying. Being unable to write, you must examine in writing this...

The only way out is the way through, just as you cannot escape from death except by dying. Being unable to write, you must examine in writing this...

The only way out is the way through, just as you cannot escape from death except by dying. Being unable to write, you must examine in writing this...

The only way out is the way through, just as you cannot escape from death except by dying. Being unable to write, you must examine in writing this...