Man thrives where angels die of ecstasy and pigs die of disgust. The contemporary situation is like a longstanding, fatal disease. It is impossible to recall what life was like without it. We seem always to have had cancer of the heart.


Bird in the Bush: Obvious Essays by Kenneth Rexroth (1959)

Kenneth Rexroth Quotes

Man thrives where angels die of ecstasy and pigs die of disgust. The contemporary situation is like a longstanding, fatal disease. It is impossible...

Man thrives where angels die of ecstasy and pigs die of disgust. The contemporary situation is like a longstanding, fatal disease. It is impossible...

Man thrives where angels die of ecstasy and pigs die of disgust. The contemporary situation is like a longstanding, fatal disease. It is impossible...

Man thrives where angels die of ecstasy and pigs die of disgust. The contemporary situation is like a longstanding, fatal disease. It is impossible...