We look for the sermon in the suicide, for the social or moral lesson in the murder of five.

Joan Didion

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Seeking Meaninglessness

Author

Joan Didion

Source

The White Album The White Album (essay)

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

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United States

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Didion, Joan. "The White Album." The White Album. Simon & Schuster, 1979.

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I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise, they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4 a. M. Of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends.

Joan Didion

On Keeping a Notebook

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Topic
Personal growth

Author

Joan Didion
Source
On Keeping a Notebook Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Medium
Essay
Language
English
Time
1968 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Didion, Joan. "On Keeping a Notebook." Holiday, 1966.

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There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go-if there are no doors or windows-he walks through a wall.

Bernard Malamud

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Inflection points

Author

Bernard Malamud
Source
Man in the Drawer
Medium
Short story
Language
English
Time
1973 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Malamud, Bernard. "Man in the Drawer." Rembrandt's Hat. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1973.