“The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.”
“Do not, under any circumstances, put this book down and turn on the teevee.The teevee debilitates our culture. ”
“We are homeless enough in this world under the best of circumstances without going to any special effort to test our capacity to be more so.”
“Never give up. And never, under any circumstances, face the facts.”
“Never, under any circumstances, let the Virginian wolfsnake near a typewriter.”
“The one thing we will not do under any circumstances is accept ourselves as we are. We prefer to find an explanation for why things are not perfect, and these rarely stand up to close scrutiny.”