Percy-L: Literary, Religious, Scientific, and Philosophical Discussion of Walker Percy

[Brooks Phillips <brooks AT thedogwood.org>]

Ken,

The first quotation comes from The Moviegoer. In my edition it appears on page 13 in Chapter 1, Section 1. Note that the full quotation is: 

"The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. This morning, for example, I felt as if I had come to myself on a strange island. And what does such a castaway do? Why, he pokes around the neighborhood and he doesn't miss a trick. 

 

To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair." 

I am not aware if the quotation exists elsewhere verbatim as in your original message.

The second quotation is from Love in the Ruins. In my edition it appears on page 106 as part of July First, Section 5.

Best,

Brooks

On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Ken Wilson <kfw1 AT va.net> wrote:

Hello Everyone --

 

I'm a longtime subscriber to this list, and an avid Percy reader since the early 80's. Upon request I recently sent a friend several of Percy quotes for his blog, including:

 

"The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair."

 

'We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away."

 

I found these online and don't know their source, but he mistakenly thought I identified them as coming from The Moviegoer. The first is a central Percy theme, obviously, but I don't quite have the time to plow through everything Percy wrote or told to an interviewer to find it. Does anyone happen to know what these quotes are from?

 

If so, thanks in advance,

 

Ken

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