“The private and serious drama of guilt is not often a useful one for fiction today and its disappearance, following perhaps the disappearance from life, appears as a natural, almost unnoticed relief, like some of the challenging illnesses wiped out by drug and vaccines.”
"Guilt, Character, Possibilities" (p. 227)
American Fictions (1999)
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“Today in America, the middle class is disappearing.”
2010s, 2016, Democratic Presidential Debate in Miami (9 March 2016)

“When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.”