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No Hiding Place An Autobiography

William Buehler Seabrook (1884 -1945) was an American Lost Generation occultist, explorer, traveler, cannibal, and journalist, born in Westminster, Maryland. Besides his books, Seabrook published articles in popular magazines including Cosmopolitan, Reade

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“The guilty realization hadn't yet come to me during all those years in Atlanta I was masquerading, playing a false-faced, false role, involving the hopes and lives of others in my sham. I hadn't been a conscious hypocrite, or consciously dishonesty. Nor had I won my position friends, the trust of my…”

— William Seabrook, amazon.com

Tagged: Life

“The only way to find the answer is to get all those things, the shiny girl, the shiny car, and the shiny velvet collar and the god-damned shiny pointy patent-leather shoes which I know I don't want but must wear if I want any of it—and when I've got them maybe I'll know whether I want them or not.”

— William Seabrook, amazon.com

Tagged: Life

“Often it had been easier to sign a check than write a letter.”

— William Seabrook, amazon.com

Tagged: Life

“All that belongs to me, and I can keep it all my life if I want to. It took me some time, sitting there, to make myself believe it. That was the main thing I'd hoped to accomplish. Fred and the advertising agency and the gold letter on the door of our office had never become real to me—and I knew th…”

— William Seabrook, amazon.com

Tagged: Life, Dreams