It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we make today.

We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we make today.

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature

As never before, he understood the vitality of tradition, the dignity of the worship of what had existed before one's own self had come into being. There was no shame in awe; there was exaltation. (“Cafe Endless: Spring Rain”)

Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.