

“And they drank heavily, partied with great enthusiasm, and relished the drug culture; they moved in and out and slept around, and this was okay because they defined their own morality. They were fighting for the Mexicans and the redwoods, dammit! They had to be good people!”
― The Brethren
― The Brethren

“The world must be all fucked up," he said then, "when men travel first class and literature goes as freight.”
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“…there is no straightforward negotiation with a four year old…”
― A Widow for One Year
― A Widow for One Year

“The world was hers for the reading.”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

“All things are in the hand of heaven, and Folly, eldest of Jove's daughters, shuts men's eyes to their destruction. She walks delicately, not on the solid earth, but hovers over the heads of men to make them stumble or to ensnare them.”
― The Iliad
― The Iliad
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