“I agreed, but I haven’t abandoned my principles.” “Well, I’m sure you haven’t abandoned your fantasies. You’ve lived with them so long they seem truer to you than reality itself. There’s nothing wrong with reading or even writing, if you can find readers. But make writing a way of obtaining fame and fortune. Don’t take it too seriously. You were intensely religious. Now you’re intensely agnostic. But you’ve always been intensely concerned, as though you were responsible for all mankind. Life’s not nearly that complicated. Get a government position you like, one providing an acceptable
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