All Confessions Are Odysseys.

Fiction Has Consisted Either Of Placing Imaginary Characters In A True Story, Which Is The Iliad, Or Of Presenting The Story Of An Individual As Having A General Historical Value, Which Is The Odyssey.

Man's Usual Routine Is To Work And To Dream And Work And Dream.

Happy Nations Have No History. History Is The Study Of Mankind's Misfortune.

The Iliad Is The Private Lives Of People Thrown Into Disorder By History.

To Have One's Own Story Told By A Third Party Who Doesn't Know That The Character In Question Is Himself The Hero Of The Story Being Told, That's A Technical Refinement.