Quote by James Agee
The mere attempt to examine my own confusion would consume volumes

The mere attempt to examine my own confusion would consume volumes. – James Agee

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When he ran from a cop his transitions from accelerating walk to easy jog trot to brisk canter to headlong gallop to flogged-piston sprint…were as distinct and as soberly in order as an automatic gearshift. – James Agee

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Children, taught either years beneath their intelligence or miles wide of relevance to it, or both: their intelligence becomes hopelessly bewildered, drawn off its centers, bored, or atrophied. – James Agee

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The confusion is not my invention. We cannot listen to a conversation for five minutes without being aware of the confusion. It is all around us and our only chance now is to let it in. The only chance of renovation is to open our eyes and see the mess. It is not a mess you can make sense of. – Samuel Beckett

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Try to find your deepest issue in every confusion, and abide by that. – D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

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Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood. – Henry Miller

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I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks. – Daniel Boone

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All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. – George Orwell

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