William H. Gass - Life Quotes

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Autobiography is a life writing its life. Every moment a bit of the self slides away toward its station in the past, where it will be remembered partially, if at all... and then rendered even more incompletely... by the play of the pen.

William H. Gass

I am firmly of the opinion that people who can't speak have nothing to say. It's one more thing we do to the poor, the deprived: cut out their tongues … allow them a language as lousy as their life

William H. Gass