Top 25 Quotes by James Salter of 85 - Page 4

I don't fear death. I'm not obsessed with it the way everybody else seems to be. It's wrong to say "everybody," but in literature I see it all the time - preoccupation with it, philosophical preoccupation, in fact. That's a principle element of literature and philosophy, often cited as the main element, the only real element. I say give it up.

James Salter

Philosophy, Real, Philosophical

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I'd say the biggest relationship is the repetition of certain themes. I don't want to say "topics," but certain points of interest.

James Salter

Want, Topics, Certain

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I like aristocracy. I like the beauty of aristocracy. I like the hierarchical feeling.You could claim that it's due to my military experience. But it came before that. I love their freedom of behavior. They're not constrained by penal attitudes, puritanical attitudes about behavior, both socially and morally. They have a freedom that I admire. An unquestioned freedom.

James Salter

Attitude, Military, Feelings

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