The essence of spirit, he thought to himself, was to choose the thing which did not better one's position but made it more perilous. That was why the world he knew was poor, for it insisted morality and caution were identical.


Ch. 18 - The Deer Park (1955)

Norman Mailer Quotes

The essence of spirit, he thought to himself, was to choose the thing which did not better one's position but made it more perilous. That was why the ...

The essence of spirit, he thought to himself, was to choose the thing which did not better one's position but made it more perilous. That was why the ...

The essence of spirit, he thought to himself, was to choose the thing which did not better one's position but made it more perilous. That was why the ...

The essence of spirit, he thought to himself, was to choose the thing which did not better one's position but made it more perilous. That was why the ...