He is the embodiment of some contrary impulses himself.
Johnson also quit therapy and refused to take his prescribed medication; he says it's because he's better equipped to manage his impulses himself.
Rhys, six, is in special school, a child with no sense of danger, on impulse throwing himself down stairs, pulling furniture down on top of himself or hurtling into the road regardless of traffic.
Does he ever question that impulse in himself?
(In his first novel, 1948's "Other Voices, Other Rooms," the book's protagonist, Joel Harrison Knox, recognizes that impulse in himself.
Not to say Krause was a better general manager than Paxson, but if he ever wanted to fight his mistakes, he kept the impulse to himself.
As he balances and paces; wraps one hand around his neck and with that impulse propels himself into a turn; and bends over to wrap one hand behind his ankle, you feel that his nature is calmly investigative.
Rather, as new knowledge seeps into him, he can summon different impulses from himself and the bands he plays with.
Thus his impulse to metafictionalize himself is perhaps nothing new.
And then there's the global nomad torn between a longing for domestic tranquility and a masochistic impulse to throw himself into the world's "messy heart".
