
“He had only one vanity; he thought he could give advice better than any other person.”
"The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg", ch. I, in The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories and Essays (1900)
Source: undated quotes, Tàpies, Werke auf Papier 1943 – 2003,' (2004), p. 30.
“He had only one vanity; he thought he could give advice better than any other person.”
"The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg", ch. I, in The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories and Essays (1900)
Micah Sparks, Chapter 17, p. 339
2000s, Three Weeks with My Brother (2004)
Liquidation (2003)
Context: Thereafter, the scenes had succeeded one another, turn and turn about, in the drama as in reality, to the point that, in the end, Kingbitter did not know what to admire more: the author's-his dead friend's-crystal-clear foresight or his own, so to say, remorseful determination to identify with his prescribed role and stick to the story.
Nowadays, though, with the lapse of nine years, Kingbitter was interested in something else. His story had reached an end, but he himself was still here, posing a problem for which he more and more put off finding a solution. He would either have to carry on his story, which had proved impossible, or else start a new story, which had proved equally impossible. Kingbitter undoubtedly could see solutions to hand, both better ones and worse; indeed, if he reflected more deeply, solutions were all he could see, rather than lives.
Source: The Story of his Life Told by Himself (1898), p. 11
Source: An Alarm to the Unconverted aka A Sure Guide to Heaven (first published 1671), P. 45.
William S. Burroughs, Helnwein's Work http://www.helnwein.com/texte/selected_authors/artikel_103.html, Lawrence, Kansas, 1990