"The trick is not to stop the sliding, but to find a graceful way of
staying slid."
Stewart Dutfield
First and last paragraphs of long essay about his friend. The next-to-last
sentence seems to echo Otto Rank.
–Jim
From The Times Literary Supplement
May 12, 2010
Peter Porter 1929-2010
Taken from the Ernest Becker Listserv Discussion Archives
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Alas, I am not the author of “The trick is not to stop the sliding, but to find a graceful way of staying slid.”
It’s a line from a song, “The Hypertension Kid”, with lyric written by Clive James (the author of the eulogy).
http://www.peteatkin.com/c8c.htm
Stewart Dutfield