Diana Trilling Quotes

My Career As A Critic Still Lay In The Future But Unconsciously I May Have Been Preparing For It. They Were Not Easy Companions, These Intellectuals I Was Now Getting To Know. They Were Overbearing And Arrogant, Excessively Competitive; They Lacked Magnanimity And Often They Lacked Common Courtesy. But They Were Intellectually Energetic And - This Particularly Attracted Me - They Were Proof Against Cant.

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