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Alone
in a Car at NightRobert
Penn Warren
From "All the King’s Men" |
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“There
is nothing more alone than being in a car at night in the rain. I was in the car.
And I was glad of it. Between one point on the map, and another point on the map,
there was the being alone in the car in the rain. They say that you are not you
except in terms of relation to other people. If there weren’t any other people
there wouldn’t be any you because what you do, which is what you are, only has
meaning in relation to other people. That is a very comforting thought when you
are in the car in the rain at night alone, for then you aren’t you, and not being
you or anything, you can really lie back and get some rest. It is a vacation from
being you. There is only the flow of the motor under your foot spinning that frail
thread of sound out of its metal gut like a spider, that filament, that nexus,
which really isn’t there, between the you which you have just left in one place
and the you which you will be when you get to the other place. You ought to invite
those two you’s to the same party some time. It would be amusing to know what
they would say to each other.”
Robert Penn Warren
From "All
the King’s Men"
"15
Minutes of Separation"
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