In the past the French came to Germany less with the desire to understand it than with a zealous desire to interpret, to analyze it dispassionately something for which their training at the Ecole Normale Superieure or the Ecole des… — Walter Abish Copy Share Image
“America fears the unshaven legs, the unshaven men's cheeks, the aroma of perspiration, and the limp prick. Above all it fears the limp prick.” — Walter Abish Copy Share Image
“I lie and am lied to, but the result of my lie is mental leaps, memory, knowledge.” — Walter Abish Copy Share Image
“Ages ago, Alex, Allen and Alva arrived at Antibes, and Alva allowing all, allowing anyone, against Alex's admonition, against Allen's angry assertion: another African… — Walter Abish Copy Share Image
In the past the French came to Germany less with the desire to understand it than with a zealous desire to interpret, to analyze… — Walter Abish Copy Share Image
Once in a while there are things the brain simply refuses to accept as being true because they appear too improbable, too unlikely, too… — Walter Abish Copy Share Image
Is it possible for anyone in Germany, nowadays, to raise his right hand, for whatever the reason, and not be flooded by the memory… — Walter Abish Copy Share Image
