“Mend your lives. You
have deceived yourselves in the pride of your hearts, and the strength of your
arms. Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars,
thence I will bring you down, says the Lord. Turn away from power to love. Be
kind. Do justice. Walk humbly."—American novelist, short-story writer, and
memoirist Tobias Wolff, title story from In the Garden of the North American Martyrs (1981)
Happy birthday to Tobias
Wolff, born 80 years ago today in Birmingham, AL!
(The image accompanying
this post, showing Tobias Wolff at an event at Kepler's in Menlo Park for his
short story collection Our Story Begins, was taken Apr. 25, 2008, by
Mark Coggins from San Francisco.)
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