Wednesday, March 16, 2011

A coda to the recent Victor Infante situation.

Here's a Victor Infante quote (from his blog) from 2009:
"Sometimes, it's hard not to think that the urge for fame or success, for validation, makes tame monsters of us."


And here's how the quote ought to read:
"Sometimes, it's hard not to think that the urge for fame or success, for validation, makes us into highly literate werewolves--with an unerring instinct to savage, then banish, the powerless that annoy and infuriate us, while knowing when to be acquiescent (sometimes mute and/or apologetic) and acceptably aspirational towards the Powerful Men and Women of Word Culture whose attentions and ultimate blessings we covet."

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