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Richard McKenna Quotes

My early book learning came to me as naturally as the seasons in … the little town in which I grew up. … Quite early I began to find a special charm in an unpeopled world … of lava rock and sagebrush desert. … I was

My early book learning came to me as naturally as the seasons in … the little town in which I grew up. … Quite early I began to find a special charm in an unpeopled world … of lava rock and sagebrush desert. … I was often more purely happy at such times than I think I have ever been since.

Richard McKenna
Book, Thinking, Rocks
Richard McKenna (1972). “New eyes for old: nonfiction writings”, John F Blair Pub

The way to get killed around machinery was to take things for granted.

Richard McKenna
Machines, Way, Taking Things For Granted
Richard McKenna (2010). “The Sand Pebbles”, p.13, RosettaBooks

Each man of us is living his own personal work of art, and cannot evade artistic responsibility for his product.

Richard McKenna
Art, Responsibility, Men
Richard McKenna (1972). “New eyes for old: nonfiction writings”, John F Blair Pub

Being dead is being weak and walled off.

Richard McKenna
Weak
Richard McKenna (1973). “Casey Agonistes: And Other Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories”, HarperCollins Publishers

You can't just plain die. You got to do it by the book.

Richard McKenna
Book, Dies
Richard McKenna (1973). “Casey Agonistes: And Other Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories”, HarperCollins Publishers

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