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Slouching Towards Bethlehem (1968)
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To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves — there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.
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New York was no mere city. It was instead an infinitely romantic notion, the mysterious nexus of all love and money and power, the shining and perishable dream itself.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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December 5, 1934
Died:
December 23, 2021
(aged 87)
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