<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Paterson on Dirk Kelly</title><link>https://dirkkelly.com/tags/paterson/</link><description>Recent content in Paterson on Dirk Kelly</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-US</language><lastBuildDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2018 20:10:50 -0600</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://dirkkelly.com/tags/paterson/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Everyday Virtue | Paterson &amp; David Foster Wallace</title><link>https://dirkkelly.com/posts/everyday-virtue/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2018 20:10:50 -0600</pubDate><guid>https://dirkkelly.com/posts/everyday-virtue/</guid><description>&lt;blockquote&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;There is no experience you have a had that you are not at the absolute center of the world that you experience is in front of you.&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#10;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Other people&amp;rsquo;s thoughts and feelings have to be communicated to you, but yours are right there.&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#10;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;That loneliness is not a function of solitude&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#10;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;That sometimes human beings have to just sit in one place and, like, hurt&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#10;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;That there is such a thing as raw, unalloyed, agenda-less kindness&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>