Nelson Algren Quote

The Impossible Generalized Man today is the critic who believes in loving those unworthy of love as well as those worthy -yet believes this only insofar as no personal risk is entailed. Meaning he loves no one, worthy or no. This is what makes him impossible.

Algren at Sea: Notes from a Sea Diary & Who Lost an American?-Travel Writings (ed. Seven Stories Press, 2011) - ISBN: 9781583229378