“We're kicking our way into adolescence from the minute we're born. Gradually you form your own ideas of how you should lead your life. It's strange, but when you get hurt - really hurt, I mean - you're willing to… — Carlos Baker Copy Share Image
“Anyone who had died young after a happy childhood had won a great victory, since he would be forever spared the discovery of what sort of place the world really is. Others must look forward to death by defeat -… — Carlos Baker Copy Share Image
“We're kicking our way into adolescence from the minute we're born. Gradually you form your own ideas of how you should lead your life.… — Carlos Baker Copy Share
“Anyone who had died young after a happy childhood had won a great victory, since he would be forever spared the discovery of what… — Carlos Baker Copy Share
“Sunday morning dawned bright and cloudless. Ernest awoke early as always. He put on the red "Emporor's robe" and padded softly down the carpeted… — Carlos Baker Copy Share
“But the past, he concluded, was as dead as a smashed Victrola record. "Chasing yesterdays," said he, "is a bum show".” — Carlos Baker Copy Share
