Whenever anyone expresses admiration or approval of me I don't know whether to think they are extremely intelligent or rather dull. That old approval game again. You have to cultivate anyone who thinks highly of you, but you can't help viewing them with suspicion. . . like wearing shoes of soap to keep your feet clean.

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Mapped out in my head an article to write on Heriberto, while I drove from Kansas to here (St. Louis). First I have to read his other books.