“He's scattered, his sentences trail off, he sighs frequently, as though he's so intelligent he's always frustrated by the formulaic nature of speech (each sentence a ride you can't get off once the attendant buckles you into the car).”

—  Edmund White

Portland and Seattle (p. 80).
States of Desire: Travels in Gay America (1980)

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American novelist and LGBT essayist 1940

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