Dawn

“In this dirty minded world, you are either someone's wife or someone's whore. And if you're not either people think there is something wrong with you....but there is nothing wrong with me”
― John Irving, The World According to Garp

“The only way you get Americans to notice anything is to tax them or draft them or kill them.”
― John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

“So while dueling may have begun as a response to high crimes—to treachery, treason, and adultery—by 1900 it had tiptoed down the stairs of reason, until they were being fought over the tilt of a hat, the duration of a glance, or the placement of a comma.”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

“You see, ma’am, I believe in the power and the freedom of the Press. I believe that reporting a war, or a political convention, is a solemn responsibility. Our free educational system is teaching a great mass of people to read. Well, then, it seems to me we ought to be damned careful, begging your pardon, what we hand out to them for a penny or two, to read. Newspapers are being read like the word of God by millions—and who writes them?”
― Elswyth Thane, Yankee Stranger