You can't always be too fussy about what you say to a young boy. Really, sometimes, you should take him into your confidence, into your life, make hi… - Sherwood Anderson

the desire to say words overcame him and he said words without meaning, rolling them over on his tongue and saying them because they were brave words, full of meaning. 'death,' he muttered, 'night, the sea, fear, loveliness.

To the young man a kind of worship of some power outside himself is essential. one has strength and enthusiasm and wants gods to worship.

I may stay here in this town another day or I may go on to another town. No one knows where I am. I am taking this bath in life, as you see, and when I have had enough of it I shall go home feeling refreshed.