Their life was two things: it was a life, more or less — at… - James Salter

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Their life was two things: it was a life, more or less — at least it was the preparation for one — and it was an illustration of life for their children.

James Salter

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James Salter (June 10, 1925 – June 19, 2015), was an American short story writer and novelist.

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Alternative Names: James Arnold Horowitz

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She has a narrow mouth, cast down at the corners, weighted there by the sourness of knowledge.

There is no complete life. There are only fragments. We are born to have nothing, to have it pour through our hands.

Los poetas, los escritores, los sabios y las voces de su tiempo, forman un coro, el himno que comparten es el mismo: los grandes y pequeños se unen, lo hermoso vive, lo demás muere, y todo es absurdo excepto el honor, el amor y lo poco que el corazón conoce.

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