If a secret history of books could be written, and the author&#39;s private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader!

Everyone was always in such a rush to shoot forward that they never took the time to look back. Which was a mistake. If you wanted to avoid snags, kinks, knots, and cuts, you had to "keep your mind on your line," as the saying went.

Love is a damaging mistake, and it's accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion" A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007)

Hierarchy is is much reviled in the present day.

Written By Mary Douglas

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