Young And Violent (1984)
“The instinctive urges of the juvenile delinquent are no different in this respect from the impulses of the law-abiding juvenile. It is the ego which decides which impulses may become overt, and the ego is guided in this decision by the demands of reality, and by the voice of the superego. The ego of the juvenile delinquent is still governed by the pleasure-principle, i.e., as a prerequisite to … — FROM “ANTISOCIAL CAUSATION CLARIFIED,” PSYCHIATRIC BULLETIN, VOL. VII.
UP IN CENTRAL PARK there is a spot called Harlem Mere. You can sit on a bank up there under the trees on a hot afternoon, and if there is a breeze, you can feel it cool on your face; and if there isn’t, you can watch the lake water and imagine how it feels, and lean back, and pull up some grass, just wet from being hosed, and watch the rowboats bobbing on the lake. If it is a nice day, like this Tuesday afternoon, close to four, you can look up through green leaves and bark boughs and see the sky, all that blue and those ...clouds, and it isn’t bad at all — for New York near Harlem.MoreLess
UP IN CENTRAL PARK there is a spot called Harlem Mere. You can sit on a bank up there under the trees on a hot afternoon, and if there is a breeze, you can feel it cool on your face; and if there isn’t, you can watch the lake water and imagine how it feels, and lean back, and pull up some grass, just wet from being hosed, and watch the rowboats bobbing on the lake. If it is a nice day, like this Tuesday afternoon, close to four, you can look up through green leaves and bark boughs and see the sky, all that blue and those ...clouds, and it isn’t bad at all — for New York near Harlem.MoreLess
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